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DE  WITT  &  SNELLIN 


THE 

TREATMENT   OF   DISEASE 

WITH  THE  TWELVE 

TISSUE  REMEDIES 

BEING 
A  TREATISE   ON   BIOCHEMISTRY. 

—   BY   — 

WIVI.  BO^RICKIK,   M.   D. 

Professor  of  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics,  in  the  Hahnemaun 

Hospital  College   of  San  Francisco.     Associate  Author  of 

the  Twelve  Tissue  Remedies  of  Schuessler,  Etc. 


SAN  FRANCISCO, 
ICKE;   &   RUNYON 

i897. 


"Disease  is  only  an  altered  state  of  the 
cellular  system,  caused  by  a  lack  of  some 
constituent  part  of  the  human  organism  at 
the  part  affected." — VIRCHOW. 


"  1  need  not  remind  you  how  great  an 
instrument  of  advancement  the  biochemic 
system  of  medicine  has  proved  in  the  hands 
of  this  man  of  genius  to  whom  its  devel- 
opment is  due." — HUXLEY. 


"  The  work  of  W.  H.  Schussler,  of  Olden- 
burg, on  histology  and  cellular  pathology  is 
a  compact  and  valuable  little  medical  sys- 
tem of  iriiifigral  hygiene.  According  to  him, 
these  fieU.-salts  ,are  architectonic  in  tissues, 
and  c'harged'With  supporting  the  structures 
of  the  living  fluids. — WILKINSON. 


PREKACB. 


The  new  treatment  of  disease  based  upon 
the  physiological  and  chemical  processes 
going  on  in  the  living  organism,  first  intro- 
duced by  Dr.  W.  H.  Schuessler,  of  Ger- 
many, and  designated  by  him  a  biochemical 
treatment  of  disease,  has  gained  rapidly  in 
acceptance  by  leading  physicians.  More- 
over, the  medicines  required — the  so-called 
Twelve  Tissue  Remedies — have  been  found 
to  be  curative  agents  of  the  very  highest 
order  for  all  forms  of  disease,  and  as  the 
indications  for  their  use  are  simple,  definite 
and  precise,  they  are  especially  adapted  to 
the  needs  of  domestic  medicine.  They 
meet  all  the  requirements  of  remedies  for 
the  household,  being  harmless,  yet  effective. 
They  enable  every  layman,  without  any 
special  medical  knowledge,  to  do  much  in 
preventing,  curing  and  eradicating  disease 
tendencies.  260154 


IV 

The  author  has  availed  himself  of  the 
larger  and  complete  work  on  the  Twelve 
Tissue  Remedies  by  Drs.  Boericke  and 
Dewey,  to  which  he  would  call  the  atten- 
tion of  all  interested  in  this  new  and  sim- 
ple method  of  curing  disease. 

WM.  BOERICKE,  M.  D. 

1812  Washington  street. 
San  Francisco,  December,  1896. 


THE  THEORY 


BIOCHEMICAL  TREATMENT. 


The  body  is  made  up  of  cells.  Different 
kinds  of  cells  build  up  the  different  tissues 
and  organs  of  the  body.  The  difference  in 
the  cells  is  largely  determined  by  the  kind 
of  inorganic  salts  which  enter  into  their 
composition.  If  we  burn  the  body,  or  any 
part  of  it,  we  obtain  the  ashes.  These  are 
the  inorganic  constituents  of  the  body,  the 
salts  of  iron,  magnesia,  lime,  etc.,  which 
build  up  its  tissues.  Besides  these  inor- 
ganic salts,  the  body  is  composed  of  water 
arid  organic  substances  in  the  proportion  of 
one-twentieth  of  inorganic  salts  to  the  re- 
mainder of  water  and  organic  matter;  but 
the  latter  is  inert  and  useless  in  the  absence 
of  the  inorganic  cell-salts.  These  are  the 
real  tissue  builders,  the  architects  of  the 
organism,  and  both  the  structure  and  vital- 
ity of  the  body  depend  upon  their  proper 


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quantity  and  distribution  in  every  cell. 
The  biochemical  treatment  uses  these  inor- 
ganic cell  salts,  when  properly  prepared 
for  assimilation,  and  they  are  the  Tissue 
Remedies,  capable  of  curing  every  curable 
disease  and  ameliorating  most  incurable 
ones. 

HEALTH  AND  DISEASE. 

Health  is  the  state  of  the  body  when  all 
the  cells  composing  the  various  tissues  are 
in  a  normal  condition,  and  they  are  kept  in 
this  state  when  they  each  receive  the  requi^ 
site  quantity  of  the  needful  cell  salt  re- 
quired for  the  upbuilding  of  the  different 
tissues. 

Disease  is  an  altered  state  of  the  cell 
produced  by  some  irregularity  in  the  sup- 
ply to  the  cells  of  one  of  the  inorganic  tis- 
sue salts.  Imperfect  cell  action  results, 
diseased  tissues  and  organs  follow,  and  all 
the  phenomena  of  disease  are  developed. 
Now  the  cure  consists  in  restoring  the 
normal  cell  growth,  by  furnishing  a  mini- 
mal dose  of  that  inorganic  substance  whose 


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molecular  motion  is  disturbed,  which  dis- 
turbance cause  the  diseased  action.  To  do 
this  successfully,  it  is  necessary  to  know 
what  salts  are  needed  for  the  upbuilding  of 
the  different  tissues  and  for  their  normal 
action.  This  knowledge  is  derived  from 
physiological  chemistry,  and  hence  this 
treatment  of  disease  by  supplying  the 
needed  tissue  salt  is  called  the  biochemical 
treatment. 

What  is  more  rational,  what  is  more  nat- 
ural, founded  as  it  is  on  natural  law,  that 
where  there  is  a  deficiency  in  one  or  more 
of  the  component  parts  of  the  constituents 
of  an  organism,  that  this  deficiency  will 
produce  a  deranged  or  a  diseased  condition; 
or,  more  logical,  than  by  the  supplying  of 
these  lacking  elements  an  equilibrium  will 
again  be  restored,  and  the  organism  re- 
turned to  its  normal  condition. 

By  giving  a  tissue  remedy  in  such  a  dose 
as  can  be  assimilated  by  the  growing  cells, 
the  most  wonderful  and  speedy  restoration 
to  healthy  function  is  brought  about  in 


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every  case  of  curable  disease.  All  diseases 
that  are  at  all  curable  are  so  by  means  of 
the  tissue  remedies  properly  prepared  to 
the  needs  of  the  organism.  This  is  very 
important,  and  on  it  depends  the  success  of 
the  treatment,  just  as  much  as  on  the  cor- 
rect selection  of  the  particular  cell  salt.  It 
seems  reasonable  that,  to  make  the  cell 
salts  immediately  useful,  they  should  be 
prepared  in  the  same  delicate  form  in  which 
nature  uses  them,  and  that  if  they  are  ab- 
sorbed by  the  microscopic  corpuscles,  they 
must  themselves  be  finer  than  the  corpus- 
cles. We  know  that  the  mineral  or  cell 
salts  are  infinitesimally  subdivided  in  the 
different  kinds  of  food  we  take,  thus  capa- 
ble of  assimilation  by  the  cells. 

THE  DIFFERENT  CELL-SALTS. 
The  cells  of  each  tissue  group  receive 
their  own  special  and  peculiar  cell  salt;  for 
instance,  those  entering  into  the  promotion 
of  nerve  cells  are  Magnesia,  Potash,  Soda 
and  Iron;  of  bone  cells,  Lime,  Magnesia 


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and  Silica,  etc.,  etc.,  which  are,  as  a  rule, 
extracted  by  the  body  from  the  food  we  take. 
There  are  twelve  Tissue  Remedies — the 
twelve  inorganic  salts  found  in  the  ashes  of 
the  body,  all  essential  to  the  proper  growth 
and  development  of  every  part  of  the  body. 
They  are  the 

"Of  Lime,  Calcarea  phosphorica. 
Of  Iron,  Ferrum  phosphoricum. 
Phosphates^  Of  Potash,  Kali  phosphoricum. 

|  Of  Soda,  Natrum  phosphoricum. 

l^Of  Magnesia,  Magnesia  phosphorica. 
Chlorides     \  ^  Potash,  Kali  muriaticum, 

(  Of  Soda,  Natrum  muriaticum. 

!0f  Lime,  Calcarea  sulphurica. 
Of  Soda,  Natrum  sulphuricum. 
Of  Potash,  Kali  sulphuricum. 
Fluoride  of  Lime,  Calcarea  fluorica;  and 
Silicic  Oxide ,  pure  flint  or  quartz,  Silica. 

Of  these,  those  entering  into  the  forma- 
tion of  nerve  cells,  and  hence  useful  as  rem- 
edies in  diseases  of  the  nervous  s}7stem, 
are  Magnesia  phos,  Kali  phos.,  etc. ;  of  mus- 
cle cells,  the  same  and  Kali  mur. ;  of  lone 
cells,  Calcarea,  Silicea,  etc.,  etc. 


Preparations  and  Doses  of  the  Tissue  Remedies, 

The  best  preparation  of  the  Tissue  Rem- 
edies is  the  triturated  form.  The  original 
salts  are  triturated  according  to  the  homoeo- 
pathic method  with  sugar  of  milk,  one  part 
of  the  salt  to  nine  of  sugar  of  milk,  for  one 
hour,  which  gives  the  first  decimal  tritura- 
tion.  The  particles  of  this  are  still  too 
large  to  be  readily  assimilated  by  the  cells, 
and  experience  has  taught  that  for  general 
use  the  sixth  trituration,  where  each  grain 
contains  the  one-millionth  part  of  a  grain 
of  the  cell-salt,  to  be  the  most  desirable. 

Of  some  remedies,  like  Oak.  phos.  and 
Katimwr.)  and  in  certain  patients,  lower 
preparations  are  often  more  efficacious. 
If  favorable  response  is  not  evident  from 
the  sixth;  substitute  the  third  or  second 
trituration,  or  in  more  chronic  affections, 
the  twelfth,  or  even  thirtieth,  may  accom- 
plish what  the  lower  would  not. 


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» 

The  best  method  of  administering  the 
selected  remedy  is  to  dissolve  a  powder  of 
a  size  to  cover  a  nickel,  or  as  much  as  will 
lie  on  the  point  of  a  knife,  in  a  tumbler 
half  full  of  water,  and  then  give  teaspoon- 
ful  doses  every  hcur  or  two,  according  to 
the  severity  of  the  case.  In  acute  pain 
and  very  severe  affections  the  remedy  may 
be  given  every  ten  or  fifteen  minutes 
Sometimes  it  is  advisable  to  give  it  in  hot 
water;  this  is  especially  true  when  pre- 
scribing for  neuralgia  and  colic.  Two 
remedies  may  be  given  advantageously  in 
alternation  if  both  are  called  for.  In 
chronic  diseases  two  or  three  doses  daily 
are  sufficient.  Or  the  powder  may  be  taken 
dry  on  the  tongue;  a  powder  the  size  of  a 
pea  for  a  dose. 

Use  separate  tumblers  and  spoons  for 
each  medicine;  never  mix  remedies  or  use 
but  one  spoon  for  two  or  more  remedies. 
Mix  all  medicine  fresh  daily.  Keep  the 


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tumblers  covered  with  a  dish  or  paper,  in 
order  to  prevent  contamination  of  the  pre- 
paration. 

Recently,  compressed  tablets  made  from 
the  tritnration  have  been  introduced,  and 
form  a  convenient  and  accurate  method  for 
taking  the  remedies. 


TREATMENT  OF  DISEASES  WITH  THE 
TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 


ABSCESS. — Is  a  circumscribed  cavity  con- 
taining pus.  It  is  a  consequence  of  inflam- 
mation of  tissues  following  an  injury,  such 
as  a  blow  or  presence  of  a  foreign  body. 
The  chief  symptoms  are  swelling7  heat,  red- 
ness, and  throbbing  pain,  frequently  with 
shivering  or  rigors. 

TREATMENT. — Application  of  heat,  poul- 
tices of  flax-seed  or  linseed.  When  the 
abscess  has  opened,  the  wound  should  be 
bathed  with  warm  Aqueous  Calendula,  one 
part  to  five,  and  afterwards  a  cloth  with 
some  Calendula  Cerate  be  applied. 

REMEDIES. — Ferrum  phospJi^  every  hour, 
when  there  is  much  redness,  pain  and 
throbbing  in  the  parts. 

Calc.  sulpli.  when  matter  has  formed; 
this  will  assist  the  maturing  of  the  abscess 
and  in  many  cases  render  opening  the 
abscess  unnecessary. 


Silica — After  the  abscess  breaks,  this  re- 
medy should  be  used.  It  ripens  the  abscess 
and  promotes  suppuration,  rendering  it 
healthy.  The  best  preparation  of  Silica  for 
this  purpose  is  that  prepared  from  the 
Bamboo.  Use  the  6x  trituration,  a  small 
powder,  size  of  a  pea,  every  two  hours. 

ACIDITY. — A  symptom  of  certain  types 
of  indigestion  in  which  an  abnormal  quan- 
tity of  acid  is  secreted.  Frequently  asso- 
ciated with  heartburn,  sour  risings  into  the 
mouth  and  sour  taste. 

TREATMENT. — Avoid  the  free  indulgence 
of  starchy  foods,  potatoes,  mushes,  pud- 
dings, etc. 

REMEDIES. — Natrum  pliosph.  is  the  chief 
remedy.  It  is  best  given  in  hot  water,  by 
adding  a  powder  of  the  6x  trituration,  size 
of  a  Lima  bean,  to  a  cup  of  hot  water,  and 
sipping  it  before  meals,  or  a  small  powder 
may  be  given  dry  on  the  tongue  every  hour 
until  relieved. 


Calcar.  phosph.  may  be  given  in  the  same 
way,  morning  and  night,  as  a  constitutional 
remedy  to  permanently  cure  the  gastric 
weakness  giving  rise  to  acidity. 

ACNE. — An  eruption  of  pimples,  usually 
on  the  face  and  especially  occurring  at  the 
time  of  puberty. 

TREATMENT. — Look  to  diet,  avoid  fat  and 
rich  food.  Proper  attention  to  bathing, 
exercise  and  the  bowels  is  necessary.  If 
there  is  any  menstrual  disorder,  see  to 
that. 

REMEDIES. — Natrum  mur.  12x  trituration; 
a  dose  night  and  morning  should  be  given 
to  persons  with  bad,  earthy  complexion, 
who  are  bloodless  and  inclined  to  be  con- 
stipated and  generally  depressed  in  body 
and  mind. 

Kali  mur.  6x  three  times  a  day,  for  pim- 
ples on  face  and  neck,  especially  after  errors 
in  diet — pimples  filled  with  thick,  white 
matter. 


Calcar.  phos. — Especially  during  time  of 
puberty.  Menses  are  apt  to  be  rather  too 
early  and  too  free  in  young  girls;  much 
backache.  Take  a  powder,  size  of  a  pea, 
three  times  a  day. 

AMENORRHCEA. — Suppression  of  menses 
or  their  non-appearance  at  time  of  puberty. 

TREATMENT. — Nourishing  food,  plenty  of 
outdoor  exercise,  salt  water  baths.  Avoid 
too  much  school  work  and  home  study. 

REMEDIES. — Natrwn  mur.  12x — A  small 
powder  night  and  morning,  in  chloroticand 
anemic  girls,  wrho  are  depressed  mentally, 
have  a  sallow  complexion  and  inclined  to 
be  constipated. 

Calcar.  phosph.  6x — Same  dose  may  be 
given  after  Natrum  mur.  has  been  taken  for 
one  month. 

Kali  phos.  6x  may  be  given  when,  in 
consequence  of  the  menstrual  disturbance, 
bronchial  and  lung  troubles  appear,  and 
the  patient  is  depressed,  languid  and  weak. 


ANJEMIA. — A  condition  of  poor,  watery 
blood,  or  of  bloodlessness,  most  frequent  at 
puberty  and  in  young  girls,  characterized 
by  pallor  of  the  face  and  absence  of  color 
from  the  lips.  It  is  a  condition  depending 
on  other  causes,  and  constitutional  treat- 
ment alone  will  benefit. 

TREATMENT. — Avoid  the  excessive  use  of 
iron.  Good  nourishing  food,  warm  cloth- 
ing and  outdoor  exercise  are  of  much 
benefit. 

REMEDIES. — Calcar.  phosph.  3x,  a  powder 
three  times  a  day.  This  remedy  acts  by 
supplying  new  blood-cells.  Waxy  appear- 
ance of  skin,  headache,  ringing  in  ears, 
vertigo,  cold  extremities,  tendency  to  pro- 
fuse menstruation. 

Ferrum  pliosph.  3x  follows  the  above  as 
soon  as  improvement  of  the  general  health 
sets  in.  There  is  a  lack  of  red  blood  in  the 
system,  pale  lips,  blue  rings  under  eyes, 
tendency  to  cough,  headaches. 

Natrum  mur.  12x,  a  powder  three  times 


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a  day  is  especially  useful  in  young  girls 
with  dirty  complexion,  who  have  frequent 
palpitation,  are  blue  and  melancholy,  have 
bad  dreams,  constipation,  backache  and 
symptoms  of  malaria — such  as  chills,  fever- 
ish turns,  perspiration,  neuralgia,  etc. 

ANGINA  PECTOKIS,  or  Breast-pang,  is  a 
neuralgia  around  the  heart,  coming  on 
suddenly,  impeding  breathing  and  of  most 
painful  character.  May  be  dependent  on 
diseased  condition  of  the  nutritive  vessels 
of  the  heart  itself. 

REMEDIES. — Magnesia  phosph.  6x  tritura- 
tioE,  a  powder  size  of  a  lima  bean  to  be 
dissolved  in  a  cup  of  hot  water,  and  a 
swallow  to  be  taken  every  minute  until 
relieved. 

Kali  pliosph.  6x  trit.,  a  powder  night  and 
morning  may  be  given  occasionally  to  ward 
oft  the  attacks. 

APPETITE,  Loss  of.  TREATMENT. — Avoid 
the  use  of  tonics,  containing  drugs  and 


spirits.  Plenty  of  fresh  air  and  moderate 
exercise  and  bathing  in  salt  water  should 
be  enjoyed.  See  that  the  bowels  are  in  a 
good  condition. 

REMEDIES. — Kail  phosph.  Nervous  weak- 
ness, gone  feeling,  palpitation. 

Calcar.  phospJi.,  when  there  is  much 
flatulence,  acidity.  Especially  useful  after 
any  acute  illness  or  when  associated  with 
any  drain  on  the  system. 

ASTHMA.— Difficulty  of  breathing,  with- 
out fever,  attended  with  a  suffocative  feeling, 
constriction  across  the  chest,  with  cough 
and  wheezing  respiration.  An  attack  is 
usually  brought  on  by  a  cold  or  error  in 
diet.  Asthma  is  often  caused  by  suppres- 
sion of  a  skin  disease  or  by  enlarged  lym- 
phatic glands  in  throat,  or  nasal  obstruction, 
which  ought  to  be  removed  or  treated  before 
the  Asthma  can  be  cured.  The  treatment 
is  both  for  the  acute  attack  and  eradicative. 

REMEDIES. — Ferrum  phos.  and  Magnesia 
pJws.j  in  alternation  every  J  and  J  hour, 


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when  there  is  much  wheezing,  nausea  and 
loose  cough. 

ERADICATIYE  TREATMENT. — Natrum  sulph. 
12x  trituration,  a  dose  night  and  morning, 
especially  for  children  who  suffer  with  asth- 
matic attacks  after  some  skin  disease,  ecze- 
ma, etc.,  who  wheeze  up  at  every  change  of 
weather.  Take  for  a  few  weeks,  then  sub- 
stitute Calcar.  phosph.  3x  trituration,  to  be 
given  in  the  same  way.  By  persevering  for 
a  time  with  these  constitutional  remedies, 
many  cases  of  Asthma  can  be  cured. 

BACKACHE  is  a  sj^mptom  of  many  differ- 
ent disorders,  usually  connected  with  uter- 
ine troubles  or  chronic  constipation,  piles 
or  kidney  complaints.  These  must  be 
treated  before  the  backache  will  cease. 
But  there  are  some  remedies  specially  use- 
ful when  tiie  following  conditions  are 
present. 

REMEDIES. — Calcar. phosph.  6x  trituration, 
a  dose  three  times  a  day.  Backache  in 


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small  of  back  in  the  morning,  numbness, 
coldness  and  creeping  sensation.  Backache 
in  young  people  who  grow  rapidly  and 
after  any  exertion. 

Natrum  mur.  12x  trituration,  a  powder 
night  and  morning  for  backache,  relieved 
by  lying  on  something  hard. 

Kalipliospli.  if  connected  with  loss  of  vital 
fluids  and  nervous  disturbances  generally. 

BARBER'S  ITCH.— Kali  mur.  6x  tritura- 
tion, a  dose  three  times  daily  alternated 
with  Calcar  sulph.  will  cure  rapidly.  At 
the  same  time,  the  beard  should  be  cut  off, 
bathe  parts  with  hot  water  to  which  some 
carbolic  acid  solution  has  been  added  (10 
drops  to  a  cup),  and  afterwards  apply  some 
carbolic  cerate. 

BILIOUSNESS. — A  condition  character- 
ized by  headache,  drowsiness,  furred  tongue, 
loss  of  appetite,  bitter  taste  and  constipation. 

TREATMENT. — Persons  subject  to  bilious- 
ness should  not  eat  too  much  meat,  drink 


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plenty  of  water,  avoid  coffee  and  high  living 
and  take  plenty  of  exercise. 

REMEDIES. — Natrum  sulph.  6x  trituration, 
a  powder  every  three  hours ;  coated  tongue, 
sallow  skin,  yellow  eyeballs,  soreness  in 
region  of  liver,  flatulence. 

Kali  mur.j  if  caused  by  eating  rich  food. 

Natrum  pliosph.,  if  the  tongue  is  coated 
with  a  bright  yellow  fur. 

BOILS  (See  Abscess). —  Conical  hard  swell- 
ings, attended  with  considerable  inflamma- 
tion, and  acutely  tender  to  pressure.  They 
slowly  inflame,  get  larger,  come  to  a  head, 
arid  finally  suppurate  with  a  core  in  the 
centre,  which  is  discharged  with  the  pur- 
ulent matter,  and  all  pain  ceases.  Derange- 
ment of  the  system,  from  abuse  of  food  and 
torpidity  of  the  circulation,  often  causes 
boils. 

ACCESSORY  TREATMENT. — Foment  with  hot 
water,  and  then  poultice  with  fresh  linseed- 
meal  or  bread  and  milk,  applying  linen  rags 


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soaked  with  Calendula  lotion  afterwards. 
(For  medical  treatment,  see.  Abscess.  The 
diet  should  be  in  accordance  with  the  con- 
dition of  the  patient ;  if  of  full  habit  and 
living  freely,  a  spare  diet  may  be  advisable; 
but  if,  on  the  contrary,  the  system  is  a 
little  below  par,  a  more  generous  regimen 
should  be  adopted. 

BRAIN-FAG.— The  result  of  overwork, 
worry,  anxiety,  loss  of  sleep,  too  close  ap- 
plication to  business,  study,  etc.,  character- 
ized by  impaired  memory,  dullness,  nervous- 
ness, sleeplessness,  depressed  spirits,  lack  of 
appetite  and  strength. 

REMEDIES.- — Kaliphosph.  6x  trituration,  a 
dose  in  the  morning,  and  Silica  I2x  tritur- 
ation, a  dose  at  night,  used  persistently, 
will  be  found  the  most  effective  remedies. 
They  will  restore  sleep,  appetite,  confidence, 
and  strength.  It  may  be  necessary  to 
follow  with  Calcar.  phosph.  6x  trituration, 
a  dose  before  every  meal,  especially  if  there 


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is  a  good  deal   of    general  coldness,  or  a 
tendency  to  night 'sweats. 

BRONCHITIS.— Inflammation  of  the 
tubes  which  convey  air  to  the  lungs.  There 
is  usually  fever,  constant  and  violent  irri- 
tation, cough,  hoarseness,  uneasiness  of 
breathing,  oppressed  and  anxious  wheezing, 
whistling  or  rattling  respiration.  The 
cough  is  generally  dry  at  first,  followed  by 
expectoration  of  frothy,  thick  or  blood- 
streaked  mucus.  If  the  smaller  tubes  are 
attacked,  the  shortness  of  breath  will  be 
especially  severe.  This  is  the  form  most 
to  be  dreaded  in  children.  One  attack 
predisposes  to  others,  and  gives  rise  to 
chronic  bronchitis.  Here  the  cough  is  per- 
sistent and  loose,  with  much  yellowish 
expectoration. 

.  TREATMENT .• — A  warm,  equable  tempera- 
ture of  about  70  degrees  should  be  kept  in 
the  room,  and  the  patient  put  to  bed. 
Liquid  diet:  milk,  gruel,  stewed  fruit  may 


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be  given.      In  chronic   bronchitis,  a  dry, 
warm  climate  will  prove  very  beneficial. 

REMEDIES. — Ferrum  pliospli.,  6x,  tritura- 
tion;  a  powder  dissolved  in  water,  and 
teaspoonful  doses  every  hour  will  modify 
the  attack  very  materially,  and  frequently 
cure  without  any  other  medicine.  It  should 
be  continued  twenty-four  hours,  and  if  the 
cough  then  gets  loose,  pain  and  fever  less, 
Kali  mur.  may  be  alternated  with  it  every 
two  hours.  This  treatment  will  generally 
suffice.  Kali  sulph.  may  be  substituted 
when  the  cough  gets  very  loose  and  there 
is  much  rattling  of  mucus  in  the  chest.  A 
tablet  of  the  6x  may  be  given  every  two 
hours.  The  chief  remedies  for  chronic 
bronchitis  are  Kali  sulph.,  Calcar,  phos.,  and 
Silica.  Take  one  remedy  three  times  daily 
for  one  week,  then  change  to  another.  If 
improvement  shows  itself  continue  the  rem- 
edy in  a  higher  trituration,  and  not  so 
frequently. 


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BUNIONS —  Inflammation  and  enlarge- 
ment on  the  joint  of  the  great  or  little  toe, 

MEDICINAL  TREATMENT. — Silicia  is  an  effi- 
cacious remedy.  Dose — Two  tablets  dry  on 
the  tongue,  once  a  day  for  a  week,  then 
wait  three  days  and  repeat. 

ACCESSORY  TREATMENT. — The  application 
of  Arnica  lotion  (one  teaspoonful  of  the 
tincture  to  four  or  five  tablespoonfuls  of 
water)  by  means  of  a  linen  bandage  over 
the  part,  especially  if  there  is  much  inflam- 
mation and  pain.  All  pressure  must  be 
avoided.  An  arnica  bunion  plaster  may 
be  applied  to  the  enlargement.  In  some 
cases  it  may  be  necessary  to  paint  the 
bunion  with  Iodine. 

BURNS  AND  SCALDS.— TREATMENT.— (1) 
Cover  the  burn  immediately  with  cotton 
wool,  to  exclude  the  air;  or,  for  the  same 
object  (2),  cover  with  linen  rags,  or  cotton 
wool  saturated  with  olive  oil;  or  (3)  powder 
the  wound  plentifully  with  flour,  keeping 


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it  well  covered  by  new  applications  if  nec- 
essary ;  or  (4)  cover  the  whole  with  a  plas- 
ter of  soap,  made  by  scraping  white  curd 
soap,  and  working  it  into  a  salve  with  tepid 
water,  arid  spreading  it  upon  linen  or  mus- 
lin. Slight  or  superficial  burns  or  scalds 
may  be  relieved  by  holding  the  part  to  the 
fire,  or  by  applying  spirits  of  turpentine, 
brandy  or  spirits  of  wrine  to  them.  In 
dressing  burns,  puncture  the  blisters  and 
remove  the  old  skin,  but  expose  the  wound 
as  little  as  possible  to  the  action  of  the  air; 
do  not  dress  oftener  than  once  a  day,  and 
do  not  disturb  the  parts  by  washing  them. 
The  exclusion  of  the  air  from  the  part 
affected  is  of  the  utmost  consequence,  and 
it  is  best  to  apply  that  dressing  which  can 
be  obtained  the  quickest.  Carbolized  vase- 
line is  an  excellent  application,  and  should 
be  substituted  for  plain  olive  oil  when  ob- 
tainable. Internally,  give  Ferrum  phospJi. 
6x,  trituration,  a  powder  dissolved  in  water, 
and  teaspoonful  doses  every  hour. 


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CARBUNCLE.— A  constitutional  disease 
characterized  by  circumscribed  inflamma- 
tion of  the  tissue  under  the  skin,  leading 
to  ulceration  and  death  of  the  tissue  in- 
volved. It  generally  comes  from  a  de- 
pressed state  of  health.  It  is  usually  situ- 
ated on  the  back  of  the  neck,  or  trunk.  It 
is  distinguished  from  a  boil  by  its  larger 
size,  constitutional  symptoms  and  sieve-like 
opening. 

TREATMENT. — Keep  up  the  strength  of  the 
patient  by  nourishing  food.  Poultice  with 
flaxseed  and  dress  with  aqueous  Calendula 
lotion.  When  healing  is  commenced,  apply 
Calendula  cerate.  Internally,  use  treatment 
recommended  under  "Abscess."  Whatever 
remedy  is  given  should  be  alternated  with 
Kali  pliosph.  6x  tablets,  one  tablet  every 
two  hours. 

Carbuncle  is  a  serious  disease,  and  ought 
to  have  the  care  of  a  physician.  In  his 
absence,  the  above  treatment  will  be  found 
the  best. 


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CANCER,  or  Malignant  Tumor. —  Called 
malignant  because  it  tends  to  increase  in- 
definitely, to  recur  after  removal,  and  to 
invade  other  parts  of  the  body. 

TREATMENT  —  Nothing  is  more  certain 
than  that  remedies  can  influence  the  devel- 
opment, and  sometime  cure,  these  growths; 
but  it  requires  patience  and  the  physician's 
skill.  The  Tissue  Remedies  are  frequently 
of  great  use  in  the  treatment  of  all  forms 
of  tumors.  Among  those  of  undoubted 
value  are  Oak.  fluor.,  Silica,  Oak.  phosph. 
and  Kali  sulpli. 

Oak.  fluor. — Knots,  kernels,  etc.,  in  the 
breast;  hardened  glands;  hard  swelling 
anywhere.  Take  one  tablet  of  the  3d  trit. 
night  and  morning;  after  a  week,  take  the 
6th,  and  later,  the  12th,  in  order  to  get  the 
full  action  of  the  drug.  The  other  reme- 
dies may  be  substituted  and  used  intercur- 
rently. 

Kali  phosph. — For  the  pains  of  cancer, 
and  for  the  offensive  discharges. 


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CATARRH,  in  ite  various  forms,  is  one  of 
the  most  common  diseased  conditions 
known.  It  attacks  all  ages  and  classes, 
and  tends  to  run  a  chronic  course,  and 
predisposes  to  serious  diseases  of  the  lungs 
and  other  organs.  The  skin  which  lines 
all  the  passages  of  the  body — nose,  throat, 
bronchial  tubes,  oesophagus,  stomach,  etc. — 
is  called  the  mucous  membrane.  Countless 
little  glands  come  to  the  surface  of  this 
skin,  or  membrane,  and  exude  into  the 
passages  a  thin  liquid  called  mucus,  which 
keeps  the  passages  smooth  and  moist.  Ca- 
tarrh totally  changes  the  condition  of  these 
glands  by  enlarging  and  inflaming  them 
and  by  causing  the  death  of  many  of  their 
cells.  These  dead  cells  are  next  expelled 
from  the  mouth  of  the  gland  in  a  stream 
upon  the  surface  of  the  mucous  membrane. 
What  had  been,  in  health,  a  thin  liquid 
secreted  from  the  blood,  and  containing 
just  the  properties  to  keep  the  membrane 
smooth  and  healthy,  becomes  now  a  thick 
mass  of  dead  matter.  While  this  change 


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in  secretion  is  going  on,  another  serious 
evil  is  taking  place,  namely,  the  enlarge- 
ment of  the  glands,  which  causes  them  to 
crowd  against  one  another,  and  to  thicken 
the  mucous  membrane,  so  that  its  normal 
properties  and  conditions  are  changed  to 
those  of  disease.  This  process  is  what  con- 
stitutes catarrh,  and  it  may  occur  in  any 
mucous  membrane,  but  is  most  common  in 
the  nasal  tract,  usually  as  result  of  repeated 
colds  in  an  organism  predisposed  thereto  or 
in  children  where  the  digestive  organs  or 
the  skin  are  otherwise  unhealthy.  The 
symptoms  besides  the  discharge,  which  is 
usually  thick  and  more  or  less  offensive,  are 
dullness  of  the  head— pains  in  head,  sense 
of  smell  impaired,  breath  offensive,  etc. 

TREATMENT. — Regulate  the  diet ;  keep  the 
bowels  open;  insist  upon  maintaining  a 
healthy  action  of  the  skin  by  daily  spong- 
ing and  friction;  insist  upon  wool  being 
worn  next  the  skin  night  and  day,  summer 
and  winter;  insist  upon  well  ventilated 


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sleeping  apartments — open  windows  the 
year  round ;  teach  the  patient  to  breathe 
through  the  nose  and  to  fully  expand  the 
chest,  and  have  him  practice  lung  gymnas- 
tics until  he  does  this  properly;  and  have 
him  live  in  the  open  air  as  much  as  possi- 
ble. As  a  curative  and  prophylactic  agent 
in  nasal  catarrh,  pure  air  is  the  best  topical 
application  and  also  the  best  general  tonic. 

Kalimur. — Dryness  and  stiffness  of  nose. 
Hawking  of  mucus  from  the  back  part  of 
the  throat.  The  most  satisfactory  remedy 
to  begin  treatment.  Take  one  tablet  every 
3  hours.  After  a  week  follow  it  with 

Cakarea  pliosph.,  which  is  especially 
useful  in  chronic  catarrhal  conditions.  Nose 
seems  swollen  or  is  ulcerated.  The  patient 
takes  cold  very  readily.  This  remedy  has 
a  decided  tonic  action  on  the  mucous  mem- 
brane and  may  be  used  intercurrently  with 
other  remedies  that  may  be  indicated.  Take 
one  tablet  after  meals  and  at  bedtime. 

Natrum  mur  is  the   best  remedy  when 


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the  discharge  is  thin  and  watery.  "  Run- 
ning colds7'  are  frequent.  Cold  sores  on 
lips.  Loss  of  smell  and  taste.  Chronic 
catarrhs  in  bloodless  patients  who  have 
much  backache  and  headache. 

Kali  sulph.  is  the  remedy  when  the  secre- 
tions are  yellow,  slimy. 

Natrum  sulph..  when  there  is  profuse 
secretion  of  greenish  mucus.  After  influ- 
enza, and  when  the  patient  is  worse  from 
damp  weather. 

Silica  may  be  required  in  very  obstinate 
cases,  where  the  discharges  are  offensive  or 
where  there  is  a  painful  chronic  dryness  of 
the  nose,  or  plugs  in  the  nose  or  ulceration 
of  the  mucous  membrane.  This  may  be 
followed  by  Calcar.  fluor.  The  dose  of  the 
selected  remedy  may  be  a  powder  of  the  6x 
tritunition,  the  size  of  a  pea,  three  times  a 
day,  or  one  tablet.  After  the  sixth  has 
been  tried  for  a  time,  substitute  the  twelfth. 
Same  dose 


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CATARRHAL  FEVER  is  characterized  by 
slight  fever  followed  by  a  profuse  mucous 
discharge  from  the  head  and  chest,  the  head 
feels  stuffed,  the  nostrils  are  obstructed, 
there  is  frequent  sneezing,  watering  of  the 
eyes,  and  often  sore  throat  and  cough. 

TREATMENT. — The  most  effectual  means  of 
relief  is  good  nursing  in  a  moderately  warm 
and  equable  temperature — a  warm  bath,  or 
immersing  the  feet  in  hot  water,  and  pro- 
moting perspiration  by  a  hot  bed  and  warm 
drinks.  Animal  food  and  stimulating 
drinks  must  be  abstained  from.  If  there  is 
a  liability  to  catch  cold,  do  not  at  once 
when  coming  from  the  cold  air,  endeavor 
to  get  warm  by  approaching  a  hot  fire,  but 
do  so  by  degrees.  Use  plenty  of  cold 
water  daily  over  the  chest,  shoulders,  throat 
and  neck,  sponging  freely  for  two  or  three 
minutes,  and  applying  a  rough  towel  or 
flesh  brush  afterwards  until  well  warmed. 

REMEDIES. — Ferrum  pJiosph.  and  Natrum 
mur,  one  tablet  of  each  every  hour  alter- 


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nately.     When  improvement  shows  itself, 
lengthen  the  interval  between  the  doses. 

Calcar  pho&ph.,  one  tablet  three  times 
daily  for  the  remaining  debility.  It  will  act 
as  a  tonic. 

CHANGE  OF  LIFE.— With  the  disappear- 
ance of  the  menses  most  women  suffer 
more  or  less  with  disturbances  in  the  circu- 
lation and  in  the  nervous  system.  The 
usual  complaints  are  attacks  of  heat  flashes, 
perspiration,  palpitation,  nervousness,  sink- 
ing sensations,  headaches,  etc.  Some  of 
these  disturbances  are  inevitable,  but  can 
be  greatly  benefited  by  proper  treatment. 
Avoid  narcotics,  stimulants,  etc.,  for  the 
benefit  derived  from  them  is  delusive  and 
only  very  temporary. 

REMEDIES. — Ferrum  phosp.  will  benefit 
the  tendency  to  flashes  of  heat,  sleepless- 
ness, hot  spells  and  cold  feet,  etc. 

Kaliphos.  the  gone,  sinking  sensations, 
the  restlessness  and  nervousness;  also  sen- 
sations of  numbness. 


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Magnes.  phos.  abnormal  palpitations, 
pains,  etc. 

Dose  of  the  selected  remedy — One  tab- 
let three  times  a  day,  or  oftener  for  more 
acute  attacks. 

CHEST  AFFECTIONS  (See  Bronchitis,  Pleu- 
risy, etc.) 

For  pains  in  chest  the  best  general  rem- 
edy is  Ferrum  phos. 

CHICKEN  POX.— A  pustulous  eruption 
resembling  smallpox,  but  much  milder  in 
its  character  and  shorter  in  the  duration  of 
its  stages.  The  fever  is  generally  slight, 
the  eruption  appears  twenty-four  hours 
after  the  commencement  of  the  disorder, 
and  disappears  on  the  fourth  day.  The 
symptoms  appear  about  thirteen  days  after 
exposure  to  the  infection. 

TREATMENT. — Ferrumphos.  and  Kali  mur. 
are  the  only  remedies  required.  It  is  not 
necessary  to  give  many  doses,  as  the  dis- 
ease is  mild  and  runs  a  short  course. 


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CIRCULATION,  FEEBLE.  —  A  constant 
feeling  of  chilliness;  coldness  of  hands  and 
feet ;  blue  and  cold  skin  wherever  it  is  ex- 
posed, such  as  face  and  hands. 

TREATMENT. — Plenty  of  exercise  in  the 
open  air,  good,  nourishing  food,  salt  water 
baths,  massage,  etc. 

Ferrum  phosp.  and  Cakarea  phosp.,  one 
in  the  morning  arid  the  other  at  night,  will 
soon  regulate  matters,  if  there  is  no  organic 
heart  trouble  present. 

COLD  IN  THE  HEAD  (Coryza.)— Irrita- 
tion and  inflammation  of  the  mucous  mem- 
brane of  the  nose  and  eyes.  The  head 
feels  stuffed  and  heavy,  particularly  over 
the  eyes  and  about  the  root  of  the  nose,  an 
increased  discharge  issues  from  the  nose, 
causing  soreness  and  excoriation,  and  there 
is  sneezing,  watering  of  the  eyes,  sore 
throat,  etc.  Cold  in  the  head,  or  catarrh, 
is  generally  a  mild  ailment,  but  if  occur- 
ring in  aged  persons,  in  those  predisposed 
to  consumption  or  in  those  who  are  asth- 


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matic  or  who  have  suffered  from  bronchitis, 
pleurisy  or  pneumonia  it  may  be  very  seri- 
ous. A  neglected  cold  is  said  to  be  the 
cause  of  half  of  our  diseases  in  the  form 
of  bronchitis,  quinsy,  erysipelas,  rheuma- 
tism, neuralgia,  inflammation  of  the  lungs, 
consumption,  etc. 

TREATMENT. — See  Catarrhal  Fever  and  Ca- 
tarrh. 

COLDS  OF  INFANTS.— Snuffles.  —  Slight 
febrile  excitement,  sneezing,  obstruction 
of  the  nose,  wheezing  and  difficulty  in 
taking  the  breast,  followed  by  discharge  of 
mucus  from  the  nose  with  excoriation  and 
watering  of  the  eyes. 

ACCESSORY  TREATMENT. — A  warm  bath  at 
96  degrees  before  going  to  bed,  or  placing 
the  feet  in  warm  water  will  generally  re- 
lieve; and  if  there  is  much  stuffiness,  the 
bridge  of  the  nose  may  be  rubbed  with  a 
little  simple  ointment  or  sweet  oil.  Child- 
ren should  not  be  accustomed  to  hot  rooms, 
but  taken  into  the  open  air  freely,  care  being 
taken'that  their  feet  are  dry  and  warm. 

REMEDIES. — Same  as  "  Catarrhal  Fever.'' 


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COLIC. — Pain  in  bowels,  usually  due  to 
flatulence,  indigestible  food,  drinking  cold 
water,  worms  or  other  intestinal  irritation, 
lead  poisoning,  etc. 

There  is  usually  no  fever  present.  In 
children  there  is  with  it  much  crying, 
writhing  of  body,  legs  are  drawn  up  to- 
wards the  stomach,  rumbling  in  bowels  and 
the  pain  is  relieved  by  firm  pressure  and 
hot  applications. 

TREATMENT, — Apply  heat  to  abdomen  and 
be  sure  that  the  feet  are  dry  and  warm ; 
give  an  injection  of  warm  water  if  the 
bowels  have  not  moved. 

REMEDIES. — Magnesia  phos.  3x  trituration. 
Flatulent  Colic,  forcing  the  patient  to  bend 
double;  in  children  the  legs  are  drawn  up. 
Colicky  babies  when  they  cry  half  the  time; 
no  interference  with  nutrition. 

Dose. — Take  a  powder  size  of  a  lima 
bean  and  dissolve  in  a  tea-cup  of  hot  water 
and  let  the  patient  sip  it  every  few  minutes 
until  relieved. 


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Natrum  phos.  6x. — Colic  with  symptoms 
of  acidity,  sour  smelling  stools,  vomiting  or 
where  worms  are  present.  Give  one  tablet 
every  hour,  and  when  the  immediate  symp- 
toms are  relieved,  give  one  tablet  three 
times  a  day. 

Natrum  sulpli. — Colic  starting  in  right 
groin.  Flatulent  complaints  after  confine- 
ment or  during  menses.  Bilious  colic,  with 
bitter  taste  in  the  mouth.  Lead  colic. 

CONCUSSION  OF  THE  BRAIN— Due   to 

falls  upon  the  head  and  injuries  require 
rest,  application  of  hot  water,  though  some- 
times cold  is  more  grateful. 

REMEDIES. — Natrum  sulpli.  6xisof  special 
benefit  for  the  chronic  effects  of  falls  upon 
the  head.  Take  a  dose  at  bedtime. 

CONSTIPATION.— Costiveness.— Stools  less 

frequent  than  natural,  with  hard  excrement 
and  difficult  evacuation,  generally  a  mere 
symptom  characterizing  a  more  general  dis- 
ease and  frequently  resulting  from  seden- 


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tary  habits,  indigestible  food,  the  use  of 
aperients,  inaction  of  the  liver,  or  weak- 
ness of  the  bowels  caused  by  a  general  de- 
rangeraeut  of  the  digestive  organs. 

TREATMENT. — The  bowels  should  be  solici- 
ted at  a  regular  time  every  day,  even  if 
there  is  no  action;  active  exercise  must  be 
taken  in  the  open  air,  and  daily  friction 
used  over  the  stomach  and  bowels  with  the 
hand  or  flesh  brush.  A  cold  bath,  either 
sitz  or  shower,  or  using  cold  water  over 
the  abdomen,  should  be  taken  every  morn- 
ing, together  with  the  employment  of  a 
coarse  towel  or  flesh  glove.  Avoid  purga- 
tives. 

DIET. — A  change  of  diet  will  generally 
prove  beneficial,  and  care  must  be  taken 
not  to  eat  too  much  at  a  meal,  and  to  let 
what  is  partaken  of  be  simple,  easy  of  di- 
gestion, and  consisting  more  of  vegetable 
than  animal  food — brown  bread,  barley 
bread,  wholesome  ripe  fruit,  baked  pears  or 
apples  j  avoiding  sotted,  m^ats,  cheese,  rice, 


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highly-seasoned  dishes  and  the  like.  Cold 
spring  water  should  be  freely  partaken  of 
on  rising  in  the  morning,  and  between  each 
meal,  but  very  little  liquid  should  be  taken 
at  meals.  Pigs  and  dates  are  of  benefit. 

REMEDIES. — Kali  sulpli. — Habitual  consti- 
pation with  insipid,  pappy  taste  and  yellow 
slimy  coating  on  tongue. 

Natrum  mur. — Dry  stools,  with  torn, 
bleeding,  smarting  feeling  after  stool. 
Stools  are  hard,  dry  and  difficult  to  pass. 
Hemorrhoids,  headache  and  backache  ac- 
companying. 

Silica. — Rectum  seems  to  have  lost  the 
power  of  expulsion,  faeces  recede  after 
having  been  partly  expelled.  Constipation 
of  poorly  nourished  children  with  pale, 
earthy  face. 

Oakar  phos. — Costive,  hard  stools  with 
blood,  specially  in  old  people,  associated 
with  mental  depression,  vertigo,  headache. 

DOSE. — Of  the  selected  remedy  take  one 
tablet  of  the  6x  three  times  a  day.  When 
improvement  shows  itself,  take  it  less  often. 


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CONSUMPTION  OF  THE  LUNGS.— Tuber- 
culosis.-— There  is  no  question  of  the  heredi- 
tary character  of  this  disease,  even  though 
there  is  a  germ  as  its  immediate  cause, — 
Probably  both,  the  germ  and  the  acquired 
or  hereditary  weakness  must  be  present  in 
order  that  this  disease  can  develop.  Per- 
sons who  have  catarrhal  conditions  of  the 
respiratory  organs  present  an  inviting 
field  and  should  be  careful  about  associa- 
ting with  consumptives  in  close  relation- 
ship or  occupying  beds  and  rooms  recently 
occupied  by  tuberculous  patients. 

SYMPTOMS. — General  debility,  loss  of  flesh, 
shortness  of  breath,  cough,  hoarseness, 
fever,  especially  towards  evening  and  night 
sweats.  Careful  examination  by  a  physi- 
cian can  only  determine  the  diagnosis. 

TREATMENT. — So  much  can  be  done  by 
careful  hygienic,  dietetic  and  climatic 
measures,  that  professional  advice  should 
always  be  sought.  Good  nourishing,  easily 
digestible  food,  fresh  air,  avoidance  of 


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exposures  to  rapid  changes  in  the  weather, 
warm  clothing,  all  are  essential. — Cod- 
Liver  Oil,  Maltine,  Kumyss,  Cream,  fresh 
butter  are  of  benefit  and  should  be  pro- 
vided. 

REMEDIES. — These  must  be  selected  ac- 
cording to  the  general  symptoms  of  the 
patient,  character  of  cough,  state  of  stom- 
ach, bowels,  etc.  Among  the  chief  are: 

Calcar  phos. — In  the  beginning,  when 
there  is  loss  of  flesh,  hoarseness,  suffocating 
attacks,  cough  with  soreness  and  dryness 
of  throat,  dull  aching  in  the  chest,  chronic 
coughs  and  night  sweats  with  cold  extremi- 
ties. 

Calcar  sulpli. — When  the  expectoration 
with  the  cough  is  bloody  or  greenish 
yellow. 

Silica. — Nightly  paroxysms  of  cough 
with  tickling  in  throat,  emaciation,  profuse 
night  sweats.  Offensive  foot  sweats.  Con- 
stipation very  marked.  Much  prostration, 
patient  is  always  cold.  This  remedy  em- 


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braces  most  of  the  symptoms  that  belong  to 
the  phthisical  dyscrasia,  consequently  it  is 
of  great  value  for  the  constitutional  condi- 
tion in  hereditary  cases. 

Dose  of  the  selected  remedy  use  the  6x 
potency  in  tablets  and  take  one  three  times 
a  day.  After  several  weeks,  take  the  12th 
potency  in  the  same  way. 

Ferrum  phosp.  should  be  used  intercur- 
rently  for  colds  in  patients  inclined  to  con- 
sumption— breathing  short,  oppressed,  hur- 
ried with  heat  and  feverishness.  Hoarse- 
ness and  cough,  usually  dry,  sometimes 
bleeding  of  nose  or  from  lungs.  Blood 
bright  red,  frothy. 

DOSE. — Dissolve  a  powder  of  the  6th 
trituration  in  half  a  glass  of  water  and  take 
teaspoonful  doses  every  hour.  When  im- 
provement shows  itself,  lengthen  the  inter- 
vals between  the  doses. 

CONSUMPTION  OF  THE  BOWELS  require 
similar  remedies  as  above.  Calc.  phosph., 
Silica  and  Mpttruin  phos.  being  the  chief. 


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COUGH. — This  is  a  symptom  of  colds  on 
the  chest,  of  inflammations  of  the  chest 
organs  or  chronic  catarrhal  conditions.  See 
Bronchitis,  Pneumonia,  Consumption,  etc. 

REMEDIES, — Ferrum  pliosp. — Short,  dry 
cough  after  colds,  sore  feeling  in  chest, 
feverishness.  Of  great  value  in  the  begin- 
ing  of  any  trouble  with  the  respiratory 
organs,  especially  in  children.  Will  usually 
cut  short  the  attack. 

Kali  mur. — Loud,  noisy  stomach  cough; 
croupy,  hard  cough;  thick,  whitish  expec- 
toration. 

Kali  sulph. — Cough  with  yellow  secre- 
tion. Much  rattling  of  mucus  in  chest. 
Patient  feels  worse  in  warm  room. 

Magnes  pJios.- — Spasmodic  and  whooping 
cough,  worse  at  night.  Dry  cough  in  ner- 
vous patients. 

Calcar  pJios. — Suffocative  cough,  better 
lying  down.  Cough  with  expectoration  of 
tough,  stringy  matter. 

Natrum  sulpli. — Cough  with  sensation  of 
all-goneness  in  chest.  Chest  very  sore. 
Thick,  yellowish  mucus. 

One  tablet  of  6th  potency  every  2  hours. 


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CRAMPS.- — Sometimes  certain  muscles, 
especially  of  the  calves  and  feet,  are  subject 
to  painful  contractions  which  are  called 
cramps,  coming  on  generally  during  sleep. 

TREATMENT. — Magnes  pliosph.  is  the  only 
remedy  necessary.  Take  one  tablet  of  the 
sixth  potency  at  bedtime  for  a  few  nights. 

CROUP. — True  croup  is  a  very  dangerous 
disease  and  always  beyond  the  sphere  of 
domestic  treatment.  Fortunately  catarrhal 
croup  or  false  croup  is  by  far  the  most  fre- 
quent form  and  yields  very  readily  to 
simplec  hygienic  and  remedial  measures. 
Usually  the  attacks  come  on  suddenly  at 
night,  the  child  awakens  with  a  hoarse, 
barking  cough,  frightened,  restless,  more 
or  less  feverish.  After  several  hours,  sleep 
sets  in  and  the  next  day  the  child  may  be 
comparatively  well.  Frequently  a  similar 
attack  occurs  the  next  night.  The  very 
suddenness  of  the  attack  arid  the  violence 
of  the  symptoms  coming  on  after  exposure 
to  cold  or  from  some  change  in  the  weather 


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speaks  for  the  comparatively  harmless 
Oatarrhal  Croup,  whereas,  a  slow,  insidious 
development  with  marked  hoarseness  that 
continues  and  grows  worse  with  more  or 
less  fever  marks  the  onset  of  true  croup — 
which  is  a  violent  inflammation  of  the  lining 
membrane  of  the  wind-pipe,  producing  a 
peculiar  membranous  secretion,  interfering 
with  respiration.  It  is  the  presence  of 
this  membrane  that  characterizes  true 
croup.  It  generally  commences  like  a  cold 
with  more  persistent  hoarseness  succeeded 
by  fever,  difficult  breathing,  wheezing, 
whistling,  barking  and  ringing  or  hoarse 
cough.  Croup  rarely  occurs  after  the  age 
of  seven  years,  but  is  one  of  the  most  dan- 
gerous diseases  of  children.  The  cold  and 
croupy  cough  may  sometimes  exist  for  a 
day  or  two  before  a  paroxysm  or  fit  occurs; 
or  a  child  may  go  to  bed  apparently  well 
and  have  an  attack  of  the  complaint  in  its 
worst  form.  Medical  aid  should  be  ob- 
tained. Cold  and  damp  atmospheres,  sud- 
den changes  of  temperature,  wet  feet,  in- 


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sufficient  clothing,  low  and  moist  localities, 
are  the  exciting  causes  of  croup,  and  one 
attack  generally  predisposes  the  patient  to 
subsequent  ones. 

TREATMENT. — Put  on  a  hot  compress 
around  the  throat,  changing  it  frequently. 

REMEDIES. — The  chief  remedies  for  this 
disease  are  Ferrum  pliosph.  and  Kali  mur^ 
given  alternately  every  half-hour.  If  the 
symptoms  do  not  improve  after  several 
hours,  substitute  Cakarea  phosph.  and  Cal- 
carea  fluor  every  hour.  During  convales- 
cence, give  Cakar.  sulph.  three  times  a  day 
until  complete  restoration  of  health.  Use 
the  6th  trituration  or  tablets,  dry  on  the 
tongue. 

CRYITO  OF  INFANTS.—  Crying,  accom- 
panied by  restlessness,  indicates  unpleasant 
sensations;  crying  with  drawing  up  the 
legs  to  the  abdomen,  points  to  colic ;  crying 
with  crowding  the  fingers  into  the  mouth, 
indicates  pain  from  teething;  crying  when 
coughing,  denotes  pain  in  the  chest,  etc. 


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TREATMENT. — See  that  the  child  is  com- 
fortable in  every  way — dry  and  warm — 
especially  the  feet  and  ahclomen.  Toast 
the  feet  by  an  open  lire,  if  possible;  loosen 
all  bands  and  see  that  no  pins  are  pricking 
any  part. 

REMEDIES. — These  should  be  selected  ac- 
cording to  the  most  probable  cause  as  men- 
tioned above.  In  general  use  Calcar. 
phosph.j  3x  trituratiou,  a  powder  to  be  dis- 
solved in  a  cup  of  hot  water  and  given  to 
the  child  in  sips  every  few  minutes,  to  be 
followed,  if  necessary,  by  Magnes.  phosph. 
3x  trituration,  given  in  the  same  way. 
During  the  teething  period  the  occasional 
use  of  Cakar.  phospli.  will  prevent  many 
unpleasant  restless  and  crying  spells. 

DEAFNESS  FROM  A  COLD  may  frequent- 
ly be  greatly  benefited  by  remedies.  Use 
Fvrrum  pJiosp.  6x,  one  tablet,  three  times  a 
day,  to  be  followed  in  a  few  days,  if  neces- 
sary, by  Kali  mur.,  same  dose  and  prepara- 
tion. If  it  resists  this  treatment  and  there 


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is  no  wax  in  the  ear  which  ought  to  be  re- 
moved by  gently  syringing  with  warm 
water,  consult  a  physician. 

DEBILITY  is  a  term  used  to  designate  a 
general  state  of  bodily  weakness  which 
may  be  due  to  many  causes;  long-continued 
and  strenuous  work  of  any  kind,  night- 
watching,  after  any  acute  illness,  or  in  con- 
sequence of  some  drain  upon  the  system. 
The  treatment  consists  in  supplying  good 
nourishing,  easily  digested  food,  plenty  of 
fresh  air  and  sleep  in  well  ventilated  bed 
chambers,  avoidance  of  alcoholic  stimulants 
and  of  most  advertised  so-called  tonics  and 
the  judicious  use  of  one  of  the  following 
remedies : 

Kali  pliospli. — When  the  nervous  system 
suffers  most  as  evidenced  by  nervousness, 
sleeplessness,  weakness  from  the  least  exer- 
tion, bodily  and  mental.  Patient  is  de- 
pressed and  in  a  sensitive  state.  One 
tablet  of  the  3rd  potency  should  be  taken 
in  a  cup  of  hot  milk  three  times  a  day  or 


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oftener  if  there  is  also  loss  of  appetite  for 
food  generally. 

Calcar.  phosph.  is  often  called  for  in 
young  chlorotic  girls,  near  the  age  of  pu- 
berty, when  they  are  very  restless  and  ner- 
vous. They  want  to  go  away  from  home, 
and,  when  away,  they  want  to  come  back 
again;  they  suffer  from  headache  when  at 
school ;  they  develop  very  slowly ;  circula- 
tion imperfect;  ears  and  nose  cold;  con- 
stant headaches  from  artificial  light,  from 
atmospheric  changes — worse  on  top  of  the 
head;  debility  following  exhausting  dis- 
eases; menses  apt  to  be  too  early,  with 
faint  feeling  in  the  stomach;  a  feeling  of 
soreness  in  the  back.  In  anemia  of  young, 
rapidly  growing  people,  in  women  weak- 
ened by  rapid  childbearing,  prolonged 
suckling,  or  excessive  menstruation  or  leu- 
corrhoea,  it  has  wonderful  restorative 
power.  Take  one  tablet  of  the  third  trit- 
uration  four  times  a  day. 

N^atrum  mur.  In  anoBmic  conditions, 
where  the  blood  is  thin  and  watery ;  chlor- 


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osis,  with  habitual  feeling  of  coldness  in 
back;  skin  is  dirty,  sallow;  frequent  pal- 
pitation; delayed  menses;  constipation; 
watery,  smarting  discharges  between  pe- 
riods; terrible  sadness,  especially  during 
menstruation;  backache  relieved  by  lying 
on  something  hard;  the  neck  is  much  ema- 
ciated, and  emaciation  continues  even 
while  living  well.  Especially  useful  after 
abuse  of  quinine;  patient  shows  marked 
aversion  to  bread — longing  for  salt  food. 
Natrum  mur.  is  especially  the  remedy  for 
malarial  symptoms.  It  is  best  to  give  it  in 
tablets  of  the  sixth  and  twelfth  trituration, 
a  dose  three  times  a  day. 

DENTITION.  The  dentition  period  of 
children  is  usually  characterized  by  more 
or  less  disturbance  in  the  mental,  gastric  or 
other  condition.  Very  frequently  the 
child  is  more  fretful,  restless  and  sleepless. 
As  a  general  remedy  during  the  teething 
period,  a  nutritive  remedy,  nothing  is  bet- 
ter than  the  administration  of  Cakar  phos., 


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a  powder  three  times  a  day.  This  can  be 
given  in  the  milk  or  given  dry  on  the 
tongue  or  in  a  little  water. 

Ferrum  phosph.  is  the  remedy  for  fever- 
ish turns. 

Natrum  rnur.  when  the  child  drolls  very 
much. 

Magnes.  pJws.  if  it  twitches,  and  has  a 
dry  spasmodic  cough,  also  for  colicky  turns. 

DOSE.  —  Of  the  selected  remedy,  give  a 
small  powder  every  two  hours. 

DIABETES  is  a  constitutional  wasting 
disease  frequently  due  to  nervous  states  of 
a  depressing  character,  like  worry,  anxiety, 
etc.  It  is  characterized  by  great  dryness 
of  mouth  and  throat,  burning  thirst  for 
large  quantities  of  water  and  profuse  urin- 
ation, containing  sugar.  Skin  is  dry,  often 
accompanied  with  itching  and  eruption, 
boils,  etc.  The  treatment  consists  in  regu- 
lating the  diet,  and  avoiding  so  far  as 
possible  starchy  food. 


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REMEDIES. — Kali  phosph.  especially  after 
depressing  emotions,  patient  is  weak,  nerv- 
ous and  restless.  Give  one  tablet  of  the 
3x  for  one  week  three  times  daily,  after 
which  substitute  the  6th,  and  later  the 
12th  potency. 

Natrum  mur.  Great  thirst,  much  wast- 
ing, and  constipation,  are  the  special  indi- 
cations for  this  drug. 

DOSE. — Same  as  above. 

DIARRIKE A  —  Looseness  of  the  Bowels.— 

A  too  frequent  and  copious  discharge  from 
the  bowels,  frequently  accompanied  with 
pain  in  the  stomach,  nausea  or  vomiting, 
rumbling  in  the  bowels,  coldness,  and,  in 
severe  cases,  with  burning  pains,  violent 
straining,  extreme  weakness,  and  even 
fainting;  sometimes  lasting  only  a  few 
hours,  and  sometimes  months  or  years,  and 
may  be  caused  by  bilious  or  gastric  diffi- 
culties, cold,  impure  air  and  food,  mental 
emotions,  etc. 


TREATMENT. — For  an  acute  attack,  the 
best  plan  is  to  avoid  all  food  for  a  few 
hours;  then  take  mutton  broth  with  bar- 
ley, or  chicken  broth  and  rice,  boiled  milk, 
avoiding  solid  and  irritating  food  of  all 
kinds,  as  fruit,  vegetables,  etc.  Keep  the 
bowels  and  feet  warm  and  dry.  Rest  in 
bed,  if  possible. 

REMEDIES. — Ferrumphosph.jW&kery  stools, 
or  undigested  with  colicky  pain. 

Magnes.  phosph.,  if  the  pains  are  especi- 
ally severe. 

Kali  mur.,  when  the  stools  are  bloody  or 
contain  much  mucus,  tongue  coated  white. 

DOSE. — Of  the  selected  remedy  a  dose 
should  be  given  after  every  evacuation. 

For  chronic  diarrhoea,  the  best  remedies 
are  Calcar.  phosph.  and  Natrum  snlpli. 
Take  one  tablet  of  the  sixth  potency  alter- 
nately night  and  morning  and  after  every 
evacuation. 

DIPHTHERIA. — A  peculiar  inflammation 
of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  throat, 


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which  is  accompanied  by  the  production  of 
a  false  membrane — patches  of  grey  or  wash- 
leather-like  spots  which  deposit  on  the  ton- 
sils, and  which  are  small  at  first,  but  grad- 
ually increase  and  threaten  suffocation. 
The  disease  is  attended  with  great  prostra- 
tion. It  usually  sets  in  with  shivering  and 
great  depression,  dryness  and  tingling  in 
the  throat,  difficulty  of  swallowing,  vomit- 
ing, and  sometimes  headache.  The  tongue 
is  loaded,  but  there  is  no  active  fever. 

REMEDIES — Ferrum phosph.  and  Kali  mur. 
should  be  given  in  alternation  every  hour. 
If  there  is  vomiting  of  watery  fluid,  give 
Natrum  mur.  instead. 

Kali  phosph.  corresponds  to  symptoms  of 
blood  poisoning,  very  offensive  discharge 
and  breath,  also,  for  the  paralytic  states, 
resulting  from  diphtheria.  A  dose  every 
two  hours. 

If  the  larynx  becomes  involved,  give  at 
once  Oalcar.  fluor.  A  dose  every  half  hour. 

Never  fail  to  call  in  early,  in  every  sus- 
pected case  of  diphtheria,  the  best  profes- 


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sional  advice  you  can  obtain ;  it  is  too  seri- 
ous a  disease  for  domestic  treatment.  Blood 
poisoning  arid  heart  failure  or  croup  setting 
in,  when  help  may  be  practically  useless, 
all  of  which  might  have  been  presented  by 
timely  care  of  a  physician. 

DIZZINESS. — When  it  occurs  in  nervous 
subjects  who,  without  having  any  active 
symptoms  of  dyspepsia,  do  not  well  assimi- 
late the  nutritive  portion  of  the  food. 

Cakar.  phosph.  1  x.  One  tablet  after 
meals. 

DISCHARGES  from  any  mucous  mem- 
brane according  to  their  characteristics  re- 
quire different  remedies. 

If  fibrinous,  stringy,  gluey,  Kali  mur. 
If  watery,  serous,  Natrum  mur.  If  thick, 
Kali  sulpli.  If  yellowish,  Natrum  plios. 

It  does  not  make  any  difference  in  the 
selection  of  the  remedy,  whether  the  dis- 
charge be  from  the  nose,  throat,  ears  or  pel- 
vic organs,  it  is  the  character  of  the  dis- 
charge which  determines  the  remedy. 


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DROPSY. — Various  dropsical  affections 
can  be  benefited  by  the  Tissue  remedies, 
but  when  they  are  the  results  of  organic 
disease,  usually  heart  and  kidney,  or  liver 
diseases,  they  are  signs  of  deep-seated  mis- 
chief and  of  serious  import.  A  physician 
should  invariably  be  consulted.  The  prin- 
cipal remedies  are  Kali  mur.,  Natrum  mur. 
and  Kali  sulph. 

DYSENTERY— Bloody-Flux.— A  disease  of 
the  larger  bowel,  in  which  the  stools  are 
frequent  and  often  bloody,  attended  with 
griping  and  straining,  and,  in  the  acute 
form  of  the  disease,  with  fever.  There  ex- 
ists frequently  an  urgent  desire  to  evacuate 
the  bowels,  which  are  confined,  accom- 
panied with  violent  straining;  and  the 
stools  contain  little  or  no  ordinary  matter, 
but  consist  principally  of  pure  mucus, 
mucus  mixed  with  blood,  pure  blood,  or 
greenish,  bilious,  brownish,  or  blackish,  pu- 
trid matters.  Dysentery  generally  arises 
from  sudden  exposure  to  cold,  indigestible 


food,  unripe  fruit,  or  occurs  in  autumn 
weather,  in  damp,  unwholesome  localities. 
The  treatment  consists  in  rest,  warmth 
and  careful  regulation  of  the  diet.  Avoid 
beef-tea,  meats,  vegetables.  Boiled  milk, 
rice,  mutton  broth,  milk  toast,  will  be 
found  of  most  benefit. 

REMEDIES. — Kali  mur.  and  Ferrum  phosp. 
taken  in  alternation  every  two  hours  will 
generally  suffice  in  mild  cases. 

Kali  phos.j  when  the  stools  contain 
mostly  blood,  are  offensive  and  there  is 
falling  of  rectum. 

EAR,  DISEASES  OF  THE  -Earache.— Vio- 
lent pains  in  the  ear,  even  when  there  is 
little  or  no  perceptible  inflammation,  some- 
times so  intense  as  to  cause  delirium,  fre- 
quently the  result  of  a  chill,  and  often 
existing  in  connection  with  toothache. 

TREATMENT.— -Apply  heat  and  give  Ferrum 
phospli.  A  dose  every  five  minutes  until 
relieved. 


Hamming  in  the  Ears* — Kali  phosph.  is 
the  chief  remedy. 

Discharge  from  the  Ears. — Kali  mur.  Sil- 
ica and  Oalcar.  phosph.  are  the  principal 
remedies.  Give  a  dose  three  times  a  day 
of  one  for  one  week  then  substitute  the 
next,  and  so  on.  But  in  all  chronic  dis- 
charges from  the  ears,  it  is  well  to  consult 
an  aurist. 

ECZEMA  is  a  disease  of  the  skin,  very 
frequent  in  early  childhood.  It  is  usually 
accompanied  by  great  itching.  The  treat- 
ment includes,  besides  remedies,  careful 
regulation  of  the  diet,  avoiding  over-feed- 
ing especially,  and  avoidance  of  too  fre- 
quent washing  of  the  parts.  Instead  of 
pure  water,  use  oatmeal  or  bran  water,  and 
after  bathing,  apply  freely  corn  starch.  As 
a  rule,  salves  and  medicated  applications 
are  not  advisable. 

REMEDIES. — Kali  mur.,  Kali  sulph.,  and 
Natrum  mur.  are  the  chief  remedies.  Give 


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one  tablet  of  the  sixth  potency  night  and 
morning  for  one  week;  then  substitute  the 
twelfth  potency,  and  if  no  improvement  is 
apparent  after  two  or  three  weeks,  use  one 
of  the  other  remedies  in  the  same  way. 
Remember  it  is  an  obstinate  and  chronic 
affection,  and  needs  time  and  much  patience. 

ERYSIPELAS— St.  Anthony's  Fire.— A  su- 
perficial shining  redness,  and  inflammation 
of  the  skin,  which  disappears  under  pres- 
sure of  the  finger,  but  returns  as  soon  as 
the  pressure  is  removed.  There  is  gener- 
ally fever,  and  a  burning  heat  and  tingling 
rather  than  acute  pain.  It  frequently  fol- 
lows injuries;  blisters  often  form  on  the 
inflamed  surface  (vesicular  erysipelas),  and 

it  sometimes  assumes  a  severe  and  danger- 
ous form. 

The  more  common  exciting  causes  of 
erysipelas  are  debility  and  loss  of  resisting 
power  from  disease,  abuse  of  stimulants, 
undue  exposure  to  cold,  disordered  stom- 
ach, wounds,  etc. 


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TREATMENT. — Avoid  all  applications  ex- 
cept flour,  cornstarch ;  or,  when  procurable, 
ripe  cranberries.  Honey  sometimes  is  also 
very  efficient. 

Ferrum  pJiosph.  and  Kali  mur.  are  the 
principal  remedies.  Give  hourly  doses  al- 
ternately until  the  disease  is  checked. 
Kali  sulph.  should  be  given  instead,  if  blis- 
ters form.  Kali  pJiosph.  may  be  alternated 
with  it,  if  there  is  much  nervous  disturb- 
ance, weakness,  restlessness,  etc.  A  dose 
may  be  given  every  hour  until  improve- 
ment shows  itself. 

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EYE,  DISEASES  OF. — Many  forms  of  sim- 
ple inflammation  of  the  external  eye  may 
be  successfully  treated  with  the  tissue 
remedies;  but,  as  a  rule,  all  eye  troubles 
should  be  intrusted  to  the  care  of  a  special- 
ist. Ferrum  phospfi.  is  the  remedy  for  in- 
flammation of  any  part  of  the  eye,  burning 
sensation,  red  and  inflamed  look,  cannot 
bear  light,  sensation  as  if  sand  were  under 
the  lids,  letters  blur  while  reading. 


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Kali  mur. — Affections  with  discharge  of 
mucus,  ulcers  of  cornea. 

Natrum  mur. — Muscular  asthenopia,  neu- 
ralgic pains  around  eye,  with  much  water- 
ing of  eyes;  granulated  lids. 

Silica — Styes,  kernels  and  indurations 
of  the  lids;  scrophulous  ophthalmia. 

The  selected  remedy  should  not  be  given 
lower  than  the  sixth  potency.  For  chronic 
affections  the  twelfth  is  better.  Give  a 
dose  night  and  morning. 

FEVER— Simple  or  Inflammatory.— Shi  ver- 

ing,  sickness,  and  pains  in  the  back,  fol- 
lowed by  hot,  dry  skin,  thirst,  headache, 
short  breathing,  quick,  full  pulse,  Jloss  of 
appetite,  and  scanty  urine.  Simple  fever 
is  mostly  a  slight  and  transient  disorder 
when  occurring  alone,  but  when  fever  ac- 
companies eruptive  or  inflammatory  dis- 
eases, it  becomes  more  serious. 

TREATMENT. — In  the  treatment  of  fever, 
the  room  in  which  the  patient  is,  should 
be  cool,  airy,  and  well  ventilated,  and  kept 


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at  an  even  temperature  of  about  sixty  de- 
grees. The  covering  to  the  bed  should  in 
general  be  light,  but  suited  to  the  feelings 
of  the  patient;  the  linen  should  be  often 
changed,  and  the  patient  may  be  frequently 
sponged  down  with  tepid  water.  The  diet 
must  be  light,  easy  of  digestion,  and  un- 
stimulating — barley-water,  thin  gruel,  or 
arrowroot,  toast-water  or  water  to  allay  the 
thirst ;  ice-water  or  ice  may  be  held  in  the 
mouth,  and  fruits  stewed  or  in  most  cases 
also  fresh  may  be  allowed.  Lemonade  is 
also  grateful.  Unfermented  grape  juice 
and  Kumyss  are  admirable  foods  in  all 
cases  where  fever  is  present. 

Ferrum  plios.  is  the  only  remedy  re- 
quired. Dissolve  a  powder  of  the  third 
trituration  in  half  a  glass  of  water  and  give 
teaspoonf  ul  doses  every  hour  until  relief  is 
obtained,  then  less  frequently. 

Kali  2>hos. — For  nervous  fevers,  quick 
irregular  pulse,  with  nervous  excitement 
and  much  weakness — mouth  dry,  blisters 
around  mouth,  with  tendency  to  delirium. 
A  dose  of  the  6th  every  hour. 


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FLATULENCY— Wind  in  the  Stomach  or 
Bowels.  SYMPTOMS. — Fullness  in  the  abdo- 
men; rumbling  in  the  bowels;  severe  pain; 
accumulation  or  copious  discharge  of  wind, 
a  symptom  of  indigestion. 

Maqnes  ^Aos.  and  Calcar  phos.  are  the 
principal  remedies.  Take  Magnes  phosph., 
one  tablet  of  the  third  potency  after  meals, 
and  repeat  every  half  hour  until  better; 
take  Calc.  phosph.  night  and  morning  as  a 
constitutional  remedy. 

GASTRIC  DISTURBANCES.— Acute  gas- 
tric catarrh,  usually  caused  by  errors  in 
diet,  cold,  mental  states,  specially  anger, 
etc.  The  chief  symptoms  are  loss  of  appe- 
tite, pain  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  bloat- 
ness,  coated  tongue,  bad  taste,  nausea  and 
vomiting. 

REMEDIES — Kali  mur.,  if  due  to  errors  in 
diet,  especially  fat  food. 

Natrum  sulph.,  if  assorted  with  liver 
symptoms,  jaundiced  skin,  pain  in  right 
side,  flatulence,  diarrhoea, 


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DOSE. — Take  a  dose  every  two  hours. 

See  Indigestion. 

GLANDS— Glandular  Affections. — No  class 
of  diseases  are  more  strikingly  benefited 
by  the  tissue  remedies  as  acute  and  espe- 
cially chronic  inflammations  of  the  various 
glands  throughout  the  body.  There  is 
usually  a  scrophulous  taint  at  the  bottom 
to  account  for  the  readiness  with  which, 
from  apparently  slight  causes,  the  glands 
will  grow  painful  and  swell.  The  treat- 
ment of  chronic  cases  requires  patience 
and  riot  too  frequent  change  of  remedies. 
Kali  mur.  is  the  chief  remedy  for  all  acute 
swellings.  Calcar.  pliosph.  for  more  chronic 
cases.  Commence  with  the  second  tritura- 
tion.  Give  three  doses  daily  for  one  week; 
then  give  the  third,  sixth  and  twelfth  po- 
tency in  the  same  way.  jSilica  for  suppu- 
rating glands, 


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GOUT— (Arthritis) — Pains  in  the  joints, 
with  inflammatory  or  chronic  cold  swelling, 
and  symptoms  of  deranged  digestion.  Pains 
are  generally  severe,  and  the  inflammation 
mostly  attacks  the  smaller  joints,  particu- 
larly the  first  joint  of  the  great  toe,  which 
becomes  red,  hot  and  swollen.  It  some- 
times suddenly  changes  from  one  location 
to  another  and  returns  at  intervals,  vari- 
ous joints  or  parts  becoming  affected  after 
repeated  attacks.  Gout  is  mostly  a  heredi- 
tary disease,  coming  on  without  any  evi- 
dent external  cause,  generally  preceded  by 
disorder  of  the  digestive  organs,  and  ac- 
companied by  a  plethoric  state  of  the  sys- 
tem. 

REMEDIES. — The  chief  remedy  is  Natrum 
sulph.j  6  x  a  dose  three  times  a  day.  For 
acute  attacks,  Ferrum  phos.  every  two 
hours.  If  the  stomach  is  involved  give 
Natrum  phosph.  every  two  hours. 

ACCESSORY  TREATMENT. — The  diet  must  be 
very  spare  during  the  acute  symptoms,  as 


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thin  gruel,  bread  and  milk,  light  bread 
puddings,  barley  water,  arrowroot  and  the 
like,  oranges,  roasted  apples,  grapes,  etc. 
Keep  the  affected  part  in  such  a  moder- 
ately cool  state  as  to  be  comfortable  to  the 
patient,  without  being  so  warm  as  to  aggra- 
vate the  severity  of  the  attack,  or  so  cold 
as  to  check  the  insensible  perspiration. 
External  applications  are  generally  of  little 
use  in  a  fit  of  gout;  those  which  are  warm 
doing  no  good,  and  those  which  are  cold 
having  a  tendency  to  suddenly  check  the 
inflammation,  and  thereby  produce  harm. 
jKumyss  and  unfermented  grape  juice  may 
be  used  freely.  Friction  with  the  flesh- 
brush  during  convalescence  is  beneficial, 
and  the  limbs  and  affected  parts  should  be 
regularly  sponged  with  cold  salt  water 
every  morning,  and  well  wiped  and  rubbed 
afterwards.  The  diet,  during  convalescence, 
should  consist  of  a  little  digestible  animal 
food  once  a  day,  with  eggs,  bread,  etc.,  but 
no  wines  or  spirits. 


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GRAVEL. — Whenever  there  is  a  sandy 
sediment  in  the  urine  care  should  be  taken 
to  change  the  diet,  avoiding  too  rich  food 
and  drinking  plenty  of  pure  water. 

The  chief  remedy  is  Natrum  sulpli.,  a 
tablet  three  times  a  day;  but  if  there  is 
much  acidity  at  the  same  time  take  Natrum 
pliospli.  instead. 

GUMS,  SCURVY  OF  THE-Canker  of  the 
Mouth. — Offensive  smell  in  the  mouth  with 
a  glutinous  bloody  discharge  from  the  gums, 
which  are  hot,  red,  soft,  spongy,  very  sensi- 
tive, retracted  from  the  teeth  and  subse- 
quently ulcerated  along  their  margins. 

TREATMENT. — Avoid  food  that  tends  to 
produce  acidity,  such  as  sweets,  rich  food, 
etc. 

Kali  mur.,  3x  trituration.  Dissolve  a 
powder  about  the  size  of  a  lima  bean  in 
half  a  glass  of  water  and  take  teaspoonful 
doses  every  two  hours.  Natrum  mur.  may 
be  taken  after  Kali  mur.  if  the  symptoms 
do  not  improve  very  rapidly. 


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HAEMORRHAGE. — The  remedies  adapted 
to  haemorrhages  may  be  used  for  bleeding 
from  any  orifice  of  the  body.  The  ten- 
dency to  ready  bleeding  is  sometimes  met 
with  in  persons  predisposed  thereto,  in 
such  even  slight  wounds  bleed  freely,  pro- 
fusely and  for  a  long  time.  This  tendency 
may  be  overcome  by  the  continuous  consti- 
tutional treatment  of  Kali  pJiosph.  and 
Oalcar.  fluor.,  using  each  remedy  occa- 
sionally. 

Treatment  of  Acute  Hemorrhages. — Ferrum 
phosph.  generally  suffices,  especially  in  chil- 
dren that  grow  rapidly.  Blood  is  bright 
red. 

Kali  mur.  when  the  blood  is  dark,  black, 
clotted  or  tough;  vomiting  of  such  blood. 

Kali  phosph.  in  weak,  delicate  people,  in 
the  aged,  and  where  the  blood  is  blackish, 
thin,  like  coffee  grounds. 

Of  the  selected  remedy  a  dose  may  be 
given  every  five  to  fifteen  minutes  until 
relief  is  obtained. 


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HAIR. — Falling  out  of  the  hair  is  a  fre- 
quent sequel  to  fevers,  but  here  the  loss  is 
only  temporary,  and  can  be  stayed  by  tak- 
ing Calcar.  pliosph.  three  times  a  day. 
For  the  loss  and  thinning  of  hair  not  thus 
connected  faithful  brushing  is  a  good  tonic 
procedure.  Too  frequent  washing  is  not 
to  be  advised.  An  occasional  dose  of  Gal- 
car,  fluor.  and  Silica  will  be  found  benefi- 
cial. 

HEADACHE. — Pain  in  the  head,  either 
all  over  the  head  or  in  a  particular  spot, 
arising  from  various  causes,  as  cold,  rheu- 
matism, congestion,  indigestion,  nervous 
affections,  constipation,  mental  emotions, 
stimulants,  fatigue,  eye  strain,  growth  in 
nose,  etc. 

Catarrhal  Headache, — (From  a  cold.) 

SYMPTOMS. — The  headache  is  oppressive, 
frequently  better  in  the  morning,  worse  in 
the  evening,  the  eyes  are  full  of  tears, 
sneezing,  dry  heat  in  the  nose,  some  cough, 
etc. 


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TREATMENT. — Ferrum  phosph.  will  gener- 
ally be  all  that  is  needed.  Take  a  dose 
every  half  hour. 

Congestive  Headache. —  (From  determina- 
tion of  blood  to  the  head.) 

SYMPTOMS. — Fulness  and  heaviness  of  the 
head,  accompanied  with  giddiness,  particu- 
larly on  stooping,  throbbing  and  heat,  the 
beating  of  the  arteries  on  the  neck  being 
visible,  vomiting  as  the  pain  increases;  the 
pain  worse  on  shaking,  moving  the  head, 
lying  down  or  stooping,  sometimes  better 
when  standing. 

Principal  remedy  is  Ferrum  phosph. 

Nervous  Headache, — Neuralgic  pains  in  the 
head.  (Megrim.) 

SYMPTOMS. — The  attacks  are  frequently 
periodical,  the  pain  is  of  a  tearing,  throb- 
bing or  hard-aching  character,  and  is  often 
felt  on  one  side  of  the  head  only  or  in  a 
circumscribed  spot.  The  painful  part  feels 
sore  to  pressure;  light,  noise  and  mental 


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agitation  are  intolerable,  and  the  headache 
is  often  attended  with  severe  retching  or 
vomiting  of  bile  and  mucus. 

TREATMENT. — Kali  phosph.  and  Ferrum 
phosph.  alternately  every  half  hour  during 
the  attacks.  Between  the  attacks  take 
Natrum  mur.  for  one  week,  then  Silica  for 
one  week,  and  so  on  alternately  for  a  time. 
The  attacks  will  grow  less  frequent  and 
severe. 

HEAD  SYMPTOMS  OF  THE  CHIEF  TIS- 
SUE REMEDIES. —  Consult  these  in  pre- 
scribing for  the  different  kinds  of  headache. 

Ferrum  phosph.  —  Headache  from  cold, 
sun  exposure;  throbbing  pain;  cold  relieves 
the  pain;  headache  with  red  face  and  eyes; 
rttsh  of  blood  to  head;  worse  from  any 
motion,  noise,  jar,  combing  hair,  and  at 
menstrual  period. 

Calcar.  phosph.  —  Headaches  of  school 
children,  especially  at  about  the  time  of 
puberty;  head  feels  cold,  bruised,  worse 
from  any  exposure;  much  dizziness;  ill- 


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humor;  want  of  disposition  to  do  anything; 
forgetful,  dull. 

Kali  pliosph. — Headache  of  students  and 
those  worn  out  by  fatigue — old  people,  and 
after  mental  emotions;  pain  made  worse 
by  noise,  which  irritates;  sleeplessness, 
weariness,  yawning;  pain  sometimes  re- 
lieved by  eating;  menstrual  headache  with 
hunger;  tongue  coated  brownish  with  foul 
breath;  pain  in  back  of  head  and  across 
eyes. 

Magnesia  phosph. — Spasmodic  pain;  very 
severe  neuralgic  headache ;  shooting  pains, 
with  sparks  before  eyes;  headache  due  to 
eye  troubles;  better  from  warmth. 

Natrum  mur. — Headache  with  constipa- 
tion, with  vomiting,  with  watering  of  eyes, 
and  with  drowsiness;  after  loss  of  animal 
fluids;  profuse  discharges,  night  sweats,  etc. 
Here  follow  with  Cakar.  phosph.  Chronic 
and  sick  headaches ;  headaches  before  and 
during  menses,  especially  in  school  girls 
who  stud}^  hard,  are  run  down;  anemia; 
headache  commences  in  the  morning,  in- 


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creases  towards  noon,  and  gets  better  in 
evening. 

Natrum  sulpli. — Bilious  headache  with 
bitter  taste;  bilious  diarrhoea;  colicky  pain, 
etc.  Also  for  pain  in  back  part  of  head,  at 
the  base  of  the  brain;  must  go  to  bed  in  a 
darkened  room;  cannot  tolerate  noise. 

Silica. — Headaches  from  nerve  exhaus- 
tion; after  excessive  mental  strain;  nerv- 
ous, sensitive  patients;  weakly  persons,  fine 
skin,  pale  face,  lax  muscles;  imperfectly 
nourished.  These  respond  quickly  to  this 
remedy. 

Consult,  also,  the  Index  of  Symptoms. 

HEART,  PALPITATION  OF  THE.— Palpi- 
tation or  pulsation  of  the  heart  felt  dis- 
tinctly and  predominantly,  sometimes  even 
heard,  or  so  strong  as  to  shake  the  patient 
or  the  bed  on  which  he  may  be  lying,  and 
which  may  arise  from  nervous  debility, 
hysteria,  severe  bodily  suffering  or  violent 
emotions,  constipation,  indigestion,  torpid 
liver,  weakness  from  loss  of  blood  or  other 


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discharges,  a  gouty  condition,  excessive 
bodily  exercise,  disease  or  excitable  condi- 
tion of  the  heart,  etc. 

Palpitation  from  Debility.  TREATMENT. — 
Ferrum  pliospli.  is  the  most  suitable  rem- 
edy. If  coming  on  after  acute  illness,  sub- 
stitute Cakar.  phosph. 

HEART  TISSUE  REMEDIES.  --  Ca  kar. 
phosph.' — Weak  heart;  sharp  pain  around 
the  heart;  palpitation  with  anxiety,  fol- 
lowed by  trembling  weakness. 

Ferrum  phosph . — First  stage  of  all  acute, 
inflammatory  diseases  involving  the  heart; 
pulse  rapid  and  full;  regulates  the  circula- 
tion. 

Kali  phosph. — Intermittent  action  of  the 
heart;  ill-effects  of  mental  emotions,  palpi- 
tation, pain,  etc. ;  palpitation  from  slightest 
cause;  physical  or  mental  exertion. 

Magnes.  phosph. — Shooting  pain  around 
heart  with  spasmodic  attacks  of  palpitation. 

Natrum  mur. — Watery  condition  of  the 
blood,  shown  by  anemia,  dropsical  swell- 


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ing,  ready  flushing,  and  palpitation;  con- 
striction around  heart;  fluttering  and  in- 
termittent pulse. 

HEARTBURN. —  Heartburn  and  water- 
brash  are  prominent  symptoms  of  indiges- 
tion, produced  by  acridity  of  the  secretions. 
Heartburn  consists  in  a  sensation  of  heat 
or  burning,  which  extends  from  the  stom- 
ach to  the  throat;  and  waterbrash,  in  the 
vomiting  or  regurgitation  of  a  watery,  sour, 
or  bitter  fluid. 

TREATMENT. — Avoid  all  articles  of  food 
that  you  know  from  experience  to  disagree 
with  you. 

Natrum  phosph.  is  the  principal  remedy. 
Take  one  tablet  of  the  sixth  potency  after 
eating.  If  there  is  much  flatulence  take 
Calcar.  pliosph.  in  the  same  way. 

HICCOUGH— Hiccup.  TREATMENT.— Hold- 
ing  the  breath  is  the  most  simple,  and  in 
many  cases  the  most  effective  way  of  stop- 
ping hiccough,  or  drinking  a  draught  of 


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cold  water.  When  it  occurs  in  infants  they 
may  be  placed  to  the  breast.  If  subject 
to  this  little  trouble,  attention  should  be 
paid  to  diet,  care  being  taken  not  to  eat 
too  quickly,  nor  too  much  at  a  time. 

Magnes.  ptiosph.  is  the  only  remedy  re- 
quired. 

HOARSENESS.  —  Rough  and  indistinct 
voice  and  cough,  sometimes  accompanied 
by  pain,  asthma,  and  rattling  in  the  throat. 
It  frequently  results  from  a  chill,  and  often 
accompanies  measles,  croup,  influenza,  etc. 

TREATMENT.---Use  plenty  of  cold  water, 
or  cold  salt  water,  and  cold  sponging,  with 
vigorous  friction  afterwards.  The  diek 
should  be  plain  and  simple;  take  but  little 
meat,  and  avoid  stimulants;  keep  the  feet 
warm,  and  do  not  exert  the  voice. 

Drink  warm  milk  and  seltzer  during  an 
acute  attack  and  take  Ferrum  pliospli.  and 
Kali  mur.  alternately  every  hour.  In  very 
obstinate  cases  take  Calcar.  sulph*,  one 
tablet  every  two  hours. 


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HYSTERIA  is  a  condition  of  nervous 
weakness,  where  the  patient  is  emotional, 
and  in  which  self-control  is  largely  lost; 
laughing  and  crying  alternate  with  each 
other;  all  sorts  of  abnormalities  of  sensa- 
tions take  place;  any  disease  may  be  simu- 
lated ;  feeling  of  a  lump  in  the  throat ;  pain 
as  of  a  nail  in  the  head,  are  very  common 
sensations.  The  hysterical  patient  is  usu- 
ally of  a  very  highly  nervous  organization 
and  very  unstably  balanced. 

TREATMENT  is  medicinal  to  some  extent, 
but  mainly  moral  and  hygienic.  Do  not 
show  too  much  sympathy  with  the  patient 
and  her  innumerable  aches  and  pains;  en- 
courage self  control,  self  f orgetf ulness ;  en- 
courage her  to  take  interest  in  others,  to 
have  a  mission  of  some  kind.  Discourage 
reading  aimless  and  trashy  literature. 
Avoid  excitement  of  all  kinds,  late  hours, 
stimulants,  tea  and  coffee,  rich  food,  etc. 
Build  up  the  general  system  by  simple  but 
nourishing  food,  aided  by  urifermented 


Grape  Juice,  Malted  Milk,  Maltine,  Kumyss, 
etc.  Regular  exercise  in  open  air,  judi- 
cious use  of  bicycle  riding,  driving,  swim- 
ming, walking  with  a  cheery  companion,  all 
tend  to  restore  the  lost  stability  of  the 
nerves. 

Kali  pliospli. — Nervous  attacks  from  in- 
tense emotions — feeling  of  a  ball  rising  in 
throat ;  hysterical  fits  of  laughing  and  cry- 
ing ;  hysterical  yawning  and  spasms ;  gen- 
eral nervousness. 

Nutrum  murtj  when  associated  with  de- 
laying menses,  patient  is  greatly  depressed, 
sad  and  weak.  All  the  symptoms  are 
relieved  when  perspiring  freely. 

Calcar.  phosph.,  as  a  constitutional  tonic, 
may  be  given  twice  a  day  in  the  food. 

INDIGESTION.— Derangement  of  the  Stom- 
ach.— Indigestion  includes  all  those  almost 
indefinable  and  inexpressible  states  or  con- 
ditions of  disease  arising  from  or  depend- 
ent upon  slow  or  difficult  digestion  or 
weakness  of  the  stomach.  These  may  be 


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either  acute  or  chronic ;  they  may  either 
arise  from  having  partaken  of  indigestible, 
unwholesome,  heavy,  fat,  sour  or  flatulent 
food,  or  from  over-eating,  etc.,  or  they  may 
become  chronic  from  a  long  continuance  of 
exciting  causes  calculated  to  impair  the  di- 
gestion— as  too  much  study,  too  little  ex- 
ercise, long-continued  indulgence  in  warm 
drinks,  stimulants,  purgatives,  patent  medi- 
cines, etc. 

TREATMENT. — Look  to  the  diet.  Avoid 
whatever  you  know  from  experience  to 
disagree  with  you,  but  do  not  encourage 
any  dietetic  theories.  Remember  what  is 
good  for  one  patient  is  not  necessarily 
adapted  to  another,  even  when  suffering- 
with  similar  symptoms.  Every  adult  ought 
to  know  himself  better  than  any  one  else 
what  kind  of  food  is  most  likely  to  agree 
with  him.  Usually  a  mixed  diet  of  simple 
nourishing  food,  eaten  slowly  and  well  mas- 
ticated and  at  regular  intervals  is  better 
than  restriction  to  some  one  or  two  arti- 


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cles.  Sometimes  a  glass  of  pure  California 
claret  with  the  principal  meal  will  be  of 
groat  benefit;  especially  is  this  true  in  the 
weak  and  debilitated,  aged  and  after  acute 
illness,  and  in  total  loss  of  appetite.  When 
coffee  cannot  be  taken  try  the  Homoeo- 
pathic Coffee,  which  possesses  a  good  deal 
of  the  flavor  and  taste  of  true  coffee  with- 
out any  deleterious  effects. 

REMEDIES.- — Ferrum  phosph.> — Pit  of  the 
stomach  is  tender  to  touch;  vomiting;  pain 
after  eating;  flatulence;  loss  of  appetite; 
disgust  for  milk;  cannot  take  meat;  cannot 
bear  tight  clothing;  thirst  for  cold  water; 
desire  for  stimulants. 

Kali  mur. — Tongue  coated;  complaints 
from  rich  and  fatty  food;  bitter  taste;  liver 
sluggish,  with  pain  in  right  side  under 
shoulder. 

Kali  pliospli. — Hungry  soon  after  eating; 
gone  feeling  in  stomach;  pain  in  left  side; 
weakness  of  heart ;  constant  pain  in  a  small 
spot  in  stomach;  great  nervous  depression. 


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Kali  sulpli. — Yellow-coated  tongue;  sen- 
sation as  of  a  load  and  fulne&s  at  the  pit  of 
the  stomach;  pain  in  stomach;  waterbrash. 

Magnes.  phosph.  —  Cramp  in  stomach ; 
constriction;  hiccough;  marked  regurgita- 
tion  after  eating;  craves  sugar;  gastralgia. 

Natrum  mur.- — Stomachache  with  much 
waterbrash;  offensive  breath;  bowels  con- 
stipated; loss  of  desire  for  smoking;  very 
thirsty;  sour  taste;  aversion  to  bread;  red 
spots  on  pit  of  stomach. 

Natrum  phosph.  —  Great  acidity;  sour 
risings;  moist,  creamy  coating  of  the 
tongue;  stomach  troubles  from  presence 
of  worms;  heartburn;  vomiting  of  dark, 
coffee-ground  fluid. 

Natrum  sulpli. — Biliousness;  bitter  taste 
in  mouth;  vomiting  of  bitter  fluid;  heart- 
burn ;  copious  formation  of  gas,  which  gets 
incarcerated  in  intestines. 

Oak.  pliosph. — A  course  of  this  remedy 
is  useful  in  all  chronic  cases  of  indigestion; 
pain  after  eating;  craving  for  bacon,  ham, 
salted  and  smoked  meats ;  pain  relieved  by 


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eating  and  raising  wind;  almost  an  infalli- 
ble remedy  for  excessive  accumulation  of 
gas  in  the  stomach. 

Calc.  pfwsph.)  Ix  trituration,  a  powder 
given  in  water  half  an  hour  after  eating,  is 
efficacious  in  non-assirnilation  of  food. 

Calc.  sulph. — Desire  for  fruit,  tea,  claret 
and  green  vegetables. 

Silica. — Chronic  dyspepsia,  with  much 
chilliness;  extreme  hunger;  disgust  for 
warm  food,  and  intolerance  of  alcoholic 
stimulants. 

INFLAMMATIONS  are  of  so  serious  a 
character  as  to  require  the  immediate  at- 
tendance of  an  experienced  physician.  The 
symptoms  are  heat,  pain,  swelling,  redness, 
increased  pulse,  restlessness,  etc.  The  first 
stage  of  all  inflammations,  when  there  is 
fever,  heat,  etc.,  is  met  by  the  administra- 
tion of  Ferrum  pliospli.,  6x.  Dissolve  a 
powder  size  of  a  lima  bean  in  a  tumbler 
half  full  of  water  and  give  teaspoonful 
doses  every  hour.  Later,  after  a  day  per- 


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haps,  it   may  be   well  to  alternate  with  it 
Kali  jnur.,  6x,  given  in  the  same  way. 
(See  separate  diseases.) 

INFLUENZA-  Grippe.— Influenza  differs 
from  a  common  cold  principally  in  there 
being  oppressed  respiration  and  great  pros- 
tration of  strength.  It  is  frequently  an 
epidemic.  Its  sudden  onset,  with  great 
weakness,  pains  in  limbs,  back  and  joints, 
headache  and  fever,  characterize  the  attack. 
The  treatment  consists  of  rest  in  bed, 
nourishing  food,  egg-nog,  sherry  and  egg, 
broths,  etc. 

Natrum  sulpli.  is  the  principal  remedy 
throughout  the  course  of  the  disease  and 
for  many  of  the  after  effects. 

Cak.  pJiosph.  and  Kali  plwspli.  may  be 
given  during  convalescence  and  for  the  re- 
maining debility.  A  dose  may  be  taken 
four  times  a  day — first  one,  then  the  other. 

INTERMITTENT  FEVER.— A  paroxysmal 
disease,  usually  consisting  of  chills}  fever 


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and  sweat,  coming  on  in  one,  two  or  more 
days'  interval,  caused  by  malarial  germs, 
occurring  in  marshy  places,  damp,  low- 
lying  neighborhoods,  and  associated  with  a 
good  deal  of  headache,  backache,  liver  and 
spleen  disturbance.  There  may  be  much 
irregularity  in  the  different  stages,  one  or 
two  being  absent  entirely,  or  the  whole 
condition  may  assume  a  masked  form  as  ob- 
stinate neuralgias,  gastric  disturbances,  etc. 

TREATMENT. — As  a  rule,  the  services  of  a 
physician  will  be  required  to  select  a  cura- 
tive remedy  and  superintend  the  general 
treatment,  but  the  tissue  remedies  fre- 
quently cure  the  most  obstinate  cases. 
Chief  among  them  is  Natrum  sulpli.  In 
the  absence  of  any  special  symptoms,  this 
will  be  found  the  best  general  remedy.  It 
is  especially  called  for  when  there  are  bil- 
ious symptoms,  yellow  complexion,  bronze- 
colored  coating  of  tongue,  bilious  bloody 
stools. 

Natrum  mur. — Chill  is  apt  to  return  in 
morning .  about  10  o'clock;  great  thirst; 


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headache;    backache;    fever  blisters;    neu- 
ralgia of  head  and  face. 

In  order  to  prescribe  successfully  for 
this  obstinate  disease,  the  conditions  be- 
tween the  attacks  of  chills  and  fever  should 
be  noted,  they  indicate  the  curative  rem- 
edy more  likely  than  the  character  of  the 
different  stages,  although  these,  too,  must 
be  included  in  our  estimate  of  the  case. 

JAUNDICE. — Jaundice  is  characterized 
by  yellowness  of  the  whites  of  the  eyes 
and  the  skin,  whitish  or  clay-colored  stools, 
and  saffron-colored  urine.  It  is  attended 
with  more  or  less  derangement  of  the  di- 
gestive functions.  Jaundice  is  caused  by 
gallstones,  disease  of  the  liver,  super-abun- 
dance of  bile,  improper  food,  cold,  or  sud- 
den emotions,  etc. 

The  treatment  must  include  careful  at- 
tention to  diet,  avoiding  meat,  coffee. 
Fruit,  gruel,  lemonade  are  useful  and 
grateful  to  the  patient. 

Natrum  sulph.  is  the  chief  remedy.  Take 


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a  dose  every  four  hours.  Kali  mur.-,  if 
caused  by  cold  and  the  tongue  is  coated 
whitish. 

KIDNEYS. — The  kidneys  are  liable  to 
various  forms  of  disease,  and  are  especially 
to  be  attacked  after  middle  age  and  in  men 
whose  mode  of  life  involves  high  living, 
much  exertion  and  worry,  indifferent  at- 
tention to  exercise,  etc.  These  forms  of 
kidney  disease  are  all  serious  and  need  the 
careful  attention  of  the  physician.  A  com- 
mon form  is  congestion  of  the  kidney,  due 
to  chill,  the  symptoms  of  which  are  sup- 
pression of  urine,  pain  in  back,  swelling 
around  eyes,  and  dropsical  conditions  else- 
where. The  treatment  for  this  is  to  put 
the  patient  to  bed,  apply  heat  or  give  hot 
bath;  light  diet — milk  is  the  best. 

REMEDIES. — Ferrum  pliosph.  may  be  given, 
a  dose  every  two  hours  until  improvement 
sets  in.  r 

Kali  mur.  for  the  dropsical  symptoms. 

Natrum    mur.  —  Brick-dust    sediment; 


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bloody  urine.  One  of  the  best  remedies 
alone,  or  in  conjunction  with  others,  in 
Bright' s  disease. 

Natrum  sulph.  aids  in  throwing  off  gravel 
by  increasing  the  secretion  of  urine.  Of 
the  selected  remedy  take  a  dose  three  times 
a  day. 

KNEE,  SWELLING  OF,  may    be    due   to 

rheumatism  or  disease  of  the  joint.  Any 
trouble  around  the  knee-joint  should  be 
examined  by  a  physician. 

Kali  mur.  and  Calcar.  phospJi.  often  act 
kindly  in  these  affections. 

LEGS,  CRAMP  IN  THE.— Sudden  contrac- 
tion of  the  muscles  of  the  calves  of  the  legs, 
frequently  occurring  at  night. 

The  principal  remedy  for  this  condition 
is  Magnes.  phospJi^  a  dose  every  quarter  of 
an  hour  for  a  few  doses.  Follow  with 
Calcar.  phosph.,  a  dose  night  and  morning, 

LEUCORRH(EA— Whites.— CAUSES.—  Cold 
and  moisture,  frequent  excitement  result- 


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ing  in  debility,  inactivity  of  the  body,  re- 
laxing pleasures,  late  hours,  stimulating 
diet,  imprudence  in  dress,  inattention  to 
the  bowels,  disease  of  ovaries  and  wornb> 
etc. 

In  order  to  treat  this  affection  success- 
fully, the  whole  daily  life  of  the  patient 
must  be  regulated.  Everything  tending  to 
local  congestion  avoided,  simple  but  nour- 
ishing food  taken,  sufficient  exercise,  but 
not  too  much.  Be  careful  about  going  up 
and  down  stairs,  bicycle  riding,  etc.  Local 
cleanliness,  but  not  necessarily  syringing, 
is  a  requisite  to  the  cure. 

Oakar.  pliospli.  is  the  chief  remedy, 
either  alone  or  as  an  intercurrent  remedy; 
it  acts  as  a  constitutional  tonic  and  is 
especially  useful  for  young  girls.  The  pa- 
tient takes  cold  easily  and  the  discharge  is 
like  albuminous  mucus.  There  may  be 
local  irritation,  itching,  etc.,  of  the  parts. 

Natrum  mur. — The  discharge  is  watery, 
irritating,  smarting.  There  may  be  back- 


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ache,  headache  and  evidences  of  impover- 
ished blood. 

Kali  sulph. — Discharge  yellow,  greenish 
and  thick. 

Silica. — Leucorrhoea  takes  the  place  of 
menses;  patient  is  cold,  very  sensitive  and 
constipated.  Of  the  selected  remedy  take 
a  dose  three  times  a  day  between  the  men- 
strual periods;  take  one  remedy  for  three 
weeks,  then  another  if  indicated,  or  substi- 
tute Calcar.  phosph. 

LIPS. — The  lips  are  subject  to  become 
sore,  cracked,  dry,  scaly  or  swollen,  or  are 
the  seat  of  a  herpetic  eruption  ucold  sores." 

The  best  treatment  consists  in  the  appli- 
cation of  cold  cream  and  the  internal  use 
of  Kali  mur.  for  cold  sores,  blisters. 

Natrum  mur.  for  cracks  in  the  corners  of 
the  mouth,  or  center  of  lip;  sore  lips  from 
cold ;  swelling  of  upper  lip — a  dose  every 
three  hours. 

LIVER  AFFECTIONS  are  characterized 
by  pain  in  right  side,  under  right  shoulder- 


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blade,  soreness,  bilious  symptoms,  constipa- 
tion or  loose  yellowish  stools,  etc. 

See  Gastric  Derangements. 

The  principal  liver  tissue  remedies  are 
the  following: 

Natrum  sulph. — Pain  in  region  of  liver; 
morning  diarrhoea;  rumbling  in  bowels; 
jaundice;  bitter  taste. 

Natrum  mur. — Jaundice,  with  drowsi- 
ness, thirst,  headache. 

Kali  mur. — Tongue  coated  white,  from 
errors  in  diet,  rich,  greasy  food ;  cold  food, 
chilling  stomach. 

LUMBAGO.  —  Rheumatic  pains  in  the 
loins. 

The  treatment  consists  in  application  of 
warmth,  friction,  porous  plaster,  and  the 
administration  of  Ferrum  phosph.,  a  dose 
every  hour  until  relieved. 

LUNGS; — The  various  diseases  of  the 
lungs  require  careful  hygienic,  dietetic  and 
medicinal  treatment.  The  latter  may  be 


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found  almost  wholly  in  the  use  of  the  tis- 
sue remedies,  for  just  in  the  treatment  of 
acute  and  chronic  lung  diseases  they  have 
won  their  greatest  laurels.  (See  Consump- 
tion, Pneumonia,  Pleurisy,  etc.) 
0 

LUNGS,  BLEEDING  FROM,  is  always 
alarming,  but  not  so  immediately  danger- 
ous as  is  commonly  feared ;  but  it  is  usu- 
ally one  of  the  accidents  of  consumption; 
it  demands  prompt  attention. 

The  treatment  should  consist  in  rest;  pa- 
tient's head  and  chest  must  be  well  sup- 
ported with  pillows.  Application  of  cold; 
drinks  and  food  of  the  simplest  kind;  ice; 
the  room  must  be  well  aired  and  cool. 

The  principal  remedy  required  is  Ferrum 
pliosph.  Dissolve  a  powder  of  the  sixth 
trituration  in  a  tumbler  of  cold  water  and 
give  patient  teaspoonful  doses  every  quar- 
ter of  an  hour  for  several  doses,  then  less 
often.  Follow  with  Cakar.  phosph.  as  a 
constitutional  tonic,  a  dose  three  times 
a  day. 


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MEASLES. — An  infectious  fever  attended 
with  an  eruption  of  a  purple  rash,  consist- 
ing of  slightly  elevated  minute  dots  dis- 
posed in  irregular  circular  forms  or  cres- 
cents, preceded  by  catarrhal  symptoms 
about  the  eyes,  nose,  and  bronchia,  for 
about  four  or  five  days,  and  accompanied 
by  inflammatory  fever.  For  the  three  or 
four  days  before  the  appearance  of  the 
eruption,  symptoms  of  a  cold,  sneezing, 
and  feverishness,  drowsiness,  oppression, 
nausea  or  vomiting,  and  a  hoarse  or  ring- 
ing, loud  cough  are  present.  The  ^erup- 
tion appears  on  the  fourth  or  fifth  day,  and 
disappears  on  the  eighth  or  ninth;  it  rarely 
attacks  the  same  person  a  second  time,  arid 
frequently  prevails  as  an  epidemic.  Mea- 
sles may  be  simple  or  complicated,  malig- 
nant and  dangerous. 

ACCESSORY  TREATMENT.  —  The  room  in 
which  the  patient  is  should  be  airy,  dark- 
enedj  moderately  warm,  and  perfectly  free 
from  draughts,  much  care  being  taken  that 
the  patient  does  not  catch  cold,  both  during 


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the  eruption  and  for  some  time  afterwards. 
He  may  be  sponged  down  frequently  with 
tepid  water.  The  diet  should  be  at  first 
light,  afterwards  more  nourishing;  all  ani- 
mal food  should  be  avoided,  and  all  drinks 
should  be  given  tepid,  so  as  not  to  chill. 
Protect  the  eyes  from  too  strong  light. 
The  danger  of  measles  is  more  in  the  after 
effects,  especially  bronchitis,  pneumonia,  etc. 
The  principal  remedy  is  Ferrum  phosph., 
which  may  be  given  every  two  hours,  so 
long  as  the  eruption  is  not  out  perfectly,  or 
so  long  as  the  cough  is  troublesome.  It 
may  be  followed  by  or  alternated  with 
Kali  mur.,  if  the  tongue  is  coated,  the  cough 
hoarse,  glands  swollen,  more  or  less  deaf- 
ness. During  convalescence  give  Cakar. 
phosph.,  a  dose  every  three  hours  until  per- 
fect health  is  restored. 

MEMORY-DEFICIENT  is  a  symptom  of 
advancing  age,  or  it  may  be  temporary  in 
nerve  exhaustion,  after  acute  illness,  over- 
taxed brain. 


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The  treatment  consists  in  cessation  from 
mental  labor  and  the  administration  of 
Kali  pliospli.,  a  dose  three  times  a  day. 

MENSTRUAL  DISORDERS.— The  first  ap- 
pearance of  the  menstrual  flow  usually 
shows  itself  about  the  fourteenth  year,  but 
it  may  appear  later,  frequently  earlier.  The 
mother  should  apprise  the  daughter  before- 
hand of  its  character  and  meaning.  So  far 
as  possible,  the  girl,  before  puberty,  should 
have  an  outdoor  life  and  there  need  be  no 
difference  in  the  physical  education  of  the 
sexes  until  then.  The  late  appearance  of 
the  menses  need  cause  no  alarm  if  the  gen- 
eral health  does  not  suffer.  Sometimes  the 
poor  state  of  the  general  health  is  the  cause 
of  their  non-appearance.  Avoidance  of  too 
close  application  to  study ;  early  hours,  reg- 
ular habits,  simple  food,  plenty  out-of-door 
exercise,  judicious  use  of  the  bicycle;  avoid- 
ance of  stimulants,  coffee,  tea,  etc. ;  all 
kinds  of  excitements  and  repression  of 
every  hysterical  tendency;  wholesome  lit- 


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erature,  and  companionship,  and  wise  super- 
vision by  the  mother  of  everything  pertain- 
ing to  the  daily  life  of  the  girl.  These  are 
the  conditions  for  healthy  development, 
and  vigorous  and  happy  maidenhood,  and 
the  best  possible  preparation  for  her  des- 
tined future  life  as  wife  and  mother. 

'  When  the  general  health  is  below  par, 
give  good  nourishing  food,  sea  bathing,  and 
see  that  the  girl  is  not  tired  out  by  the  con- 
stant going  up  and  down  stairs  and  march- 
ing, so  common  in  our  public  schools.  Do 
not  let  her  do  any  home  work,  but  see  that 
she  retires  very  early  and  is  allowed  to 
sleep  in  the  morning.  It  is  poor  policy  in 
these  cases  not  to  permit  the  child  to  finish 
her  morning  sleep.  Better  sacrifice  the 
schooling  until  her  health  is  better.  For 
these  cases,  a  course  of  Calcar.  pJiosph.  in 
various  potencies,  and  continued  for  quite 
a  while,  will  yield  wonderful  results. 

There  are  usually  premonitory  symp- 
toms before  the  menses  appear,  such  as 
headache,  languor,  backache,  pain  in 


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breasts,  etc.  Usually  these  pass  away  very 
soon.  When  the  flow  is  established  great 
care  must  be  taken  to  prevent  either  cessa- 
tion from  cold,  especially  cold,  wet  feet,  or 
an  excess  of  the  flow  from  too  stimulating 
food,  late  hours,  excitements.  Warm  cloth- 
ing, especially  warm  stockings  and  thick 
soled  shoes  are  of  much  importance  in  es- 
tablishing the  regular  order  of  the  mens- 
trual periods. 

Scanty,  Absent,  Deficient  or  Checked  Mens- 
truation.— When  suppressed  from  cold,  a 
chill  or  sudden  emotion,  a  hot  foot-bath, 
hot  drinks  and  rest  in  bed  will  restore  the 
flow.  If  there  is  headache,  flushing  of  face, 
pains,  etc.,  give  Ferrum  pliospli.  a  powder 
dissolved  in  half  a  cup  of  hot  water  every 
hour  until  relieved. 

Galcar  phospJi.  is  the  best  remedy  for 
scanty  menses.  Give  a  dose  night  and 
morning  between  the  periods. 

Painful  Menstruation. — More  or  less  pain 
at  the  period  is  very  common  in  young  un- 


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married  women,  but  judicious  medication 
and  attention  to  the  general  health  will  re- 
lieve the  most  cases  unless  due  to  organic 
trouble.  Avoid  all  local  treatment,  but  use 
the  remedies,  together  with  rest  during  the 
period,  warm  applications,  hot  stimulating 
drinks,  etc» 

Magnesia  phosph.  is  the  principal  remedy 
and  should  be  taken  in  hot  water  every 
quarter  of  an  hour  until  relieved.  Between 
the  periods  take  Calcar.  phosph.  and  Kali 
phosph. ,  one  in  the  morning  and  the  other 
at  night. 

Menstruation,  Profuse  or  Too  Frequent.— 

CAUSES. — Stimulating  diet,  abuse  of  stimu- 
lants, warm  baths,  fatigue,  compression  of 
the  body,  sudden  emotions,  violent  exer- 
cise, a  weakening  mode  of  life,  long  sick- 
ness, excessive  nursing  of  infants  at  the 

breast,  etc. 

\ 

^  Ferrum  phosph.  is  the  principal  remedy 
to  regulate  the  flow.  Take  a  dose  every 
two  hours  or  oftener,  if  very  profuse.  In 


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the  interval  between  the  periods,  take  it 
night  and  morning. 

Calcar.  fluor.  when  the  system  is  gener- 
ally relaxed.  It  should  be  taken  between 
the  periods  as  above. 

Kali  mur.j  if  the  color  of  the  flow  is  dark, 
thick  and  coagulated. 

Kali  phosph.j  if  flow  is  bright  red  and 
offensive. 

Natrum  mur.,  if  pale  and  watery.  Patient 
has  much  headache,  backache  and  is  ane- 
mic. Begin  with  the  sixth  trituration  for 
the  acute  symptoms  during  the  menses, 
taking  a  dose  every  two  hours.  Between 
the  periods,  take  a  dose  of  the  twelfth 
trituration  night  and  morning. 

MILK. — Lactation  is  a  natural  physiolo- 
gical process  and  every  mother  should 
suckle,  if  possible,  both  for  her  own  sake 
and  her  child's.  There  is  a  very  close  bond 
of  sympathy  and  connection  between  the 
breasts  and  uterine  organs,  and  orderly 
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labor  is  greatly  furthered  by  nursing  the 
baby.  If  the  flow  of  milk  is  rather  scanty 
or  too  watery,  give  plenty  of  nourishing, 
liquid  food,  cocoa,  milk,  oatmeal,  maltine, 
together  with  a  powder  size  of  a  lima  bean 
of  Cakarea  pliosph.,  2nd  trituration,  given 
with  the  food.  If  the  flow  of  rnilk  is  too 
profuse,  substitute  Calcar  flitorica  6x,  given 
in  the  same  way,  and  restrict  the  use  of 
much  fluid.  The  same  treatment  is  to  be 
used  in  order  to  dry  up  the  milk.  Besides, 
the  breasts  should  be  covered  with  cotton 
batting  and  bandaged  snugly. 

MOUTH. — Nursing  sore  mouth,  aphthous 
sore  mouth,  consist  in  the  formation  of  lit- 
tle vesicles  on  mucous  membrane  of  the 

mouth,  gums  and  tongue. 

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REMEDIES. — Kali  mur.  and  Natrum  mur. 
are  the  chief  remedies.  Dissolve  a  small 
powder  of  each  in  a  glass  half-full  of  water 
and  give  spoonful  doses  every  two  hours 
alternately. 


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MUMPS. — Inflammation  and  swelling  of 
the  glands  under  the  ears,  which  some- 
times extends  to  the  throat  and  is  conspic- 
uous externally.  It  generally  increases  till 
the  fourth  day,  and  then  gradually  sub- 
sides; and  is  evidently  contagious,  and 
often  epidemic.  It  often  follows  measles 
or  scarlet  fever,  or  is  the  effect  of  cold  or 
damp. 

TREATMENT. — The  patient  should  keep  in 
the  house,  and  avoid  exposure  to  cold  and 
damp;  the  glands  should  be  fomented  with 
warm  water,  the  face  tied  up  with  a  hand- 
kerchief or  piece  of  flannel,  and  kept  mod- 
erately warm,  and  the  diet  should  be  mild 
and  light.  If  the  patient  take  cold,  there 
is  danger  of  a  painful  swelling  of  the  testi- 
cles. 

REMEDIES.  —  Ferrum  phosph.  should  be 
given  so  long  as  there  are  any  feverish  symp- 
toms, a  dose  every  hour.  Usually,  how- 
ever, there  are  none,  when  Kali  mur.,  a 
dose  every  three  hours,  will  be  all  that  is 


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required.      If  the  swelling  should  persist, 
give  a  few  doses  of  Cakar.  fluor. 

NECK,  STIFF.— Usually  the  result  of  cold 
or  rheumatism. 

TREATMENT. — See  under  "  Rheumatism." 
Rub  the  neck  with  camphorated  oil,  wrap 
two  or  three  folds  of  flannel  or  worsted 
round  it,  and  avoid  exposure  to  cold, 
draughts  of  air,  or  wet.  Take  Ferrum 
phosph.  every  two  hours. 

NETTLERASH. — An  eruption  resembling 
that  produced  by  the  stinging  of  nettles, 
attended  with  itching,  burning,  or  stinging 
pain.  The  rash  often  appears  instantane- 
ously, disappears  in  the  warmth  and  re- 
appears in  the  cold,  and  seldom  stays  many 
hours  in  the  same  place,  and  may  be  caused 
by  mechanical  irritation,  cold,  or  acidity 
and  other  disorders  of  the  stomach.  Usu- 
ally it  can  be  traced  to  some  special  article 
of  diet,  shell-fish  and  strawberries  being 
especially  frequently  the  cause. 


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The  treatment  consists  in  avoiding  these 
irritating  foods,  keeping  the  bowels  in  good 
condition,  bathing  the  parts  with  oatmeal 
water,  and  taking  Natrum  mur.  and  Kali 
mur.  in  alternation  every  two  hours. 

NERVOUSNESS  consists  in  a  state  of  exci- 
tability and  abnormal  impressionability.  It 
is  usually  a  chronic  condition,  fostered  by 
indulgent  foolish  parents,  irregularity  of 
diet,  especially  highly  seasoned  food,  over- 
work, late  hours,  stimulants,  especially 
coffee  and  tea,  etc.  When  excessive,  it  be- 
comes hysteria  and  requires  the  same  treat- 
ment, which  must  be  mental  and  moral, 
with  a  view  to  exercising  greater  self  con- 
trol. Change  of  air,  freedom  from  respon- 
sibility, good  nourishing  food,  salt  water 
baths,  bicycling  are  all  conducive  to  bring 
about  a  change  for  the  better. 

Kali  pJiosph.  and  Oalcarea  phosph.  are  the 
principal  remedies  and  should  be  given  as 
nerve  food  remedies  right  along  for  some 
time.  Begin  with  the  6x  trituration,  tak- 


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ing  three  doses  a  day  of  one  for  one  week, 
then  change  to  the  other.  If  the  patient  is 
chilly  and  very  sensitive  and  rather  of  in- 
tellectual turn  of  mind,  give  Silica  6  tritu- 
ration,  a  small  powder  night  and  morning. 
After  one  week,  change  to  the  12th  tritura- 
tion  and  take  the  same  way. 

NEURALGIA  may  be  caused  by  changes  in 
the  weather,  colds,  b anemic  states  of  the 
blood,  injuries,  etc.  The  pains  come  and  go, 
are  burning  or  stitching,  often  associated 
with  cramps  in  the  muscles,  twitching,  red- 
ness and  swelling  of  face. 

REMEDIES. — Ferrum  phosph.  should  be 
given  when  the  face  is  hot  and  red  and  the 
pains  increased  on  moving  the  head. 

Kali  phosph.  suits  pale,  irritable  persons 
and  when  pains  are  accompanied  with  much 
weakness. 

Natrum  mur. — Pains  that  return  at  a 
certain  time  each  day  or  are  attended  with 
flow  of  tears.  Constipation  is  a  frequent 
symptom  with  Natrum  mur. 


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Magnes.  pliospli. — Pains  that  come  and 
go  very  suddenly  and  are  always  made 
better  by  the  application  of  warmth. 

Kali  sulpli. — For  pains  that  shift  a  good 
deal,  and  when  they  are  better  in  cool  open 
air,  but  worse  towards  evening. 

Calcar.phospli. — Pains  that  are  associated 
with  numbness  and  coldness,  and  always 
worse  at  night  and  every  change  of  weather. 

DOSE. — Of  the  selected  remedy,  dissolve 
a  powder  in  hot  water  and  take  a  sip  every 
few  minutes  until  relieved.  For  more 
chronic  conditions,  take  a  dose  every  two 
hours. 

NIGHTMARE. —  Oppression  felt  during 
sleep,  great  anxiety,  excitement,  frightful 
dreams  or  fancies,  and  slight  fever;  often 
caused  by  fatigue,  late  suppers,  or  indi- 
gestible food. 

TREATMENT. —  Let  the  supper  be  light; 
avoid  fatigue  and  heavy  bed  clothing.  Take 
a  dose  of  Kali  pliospli.  before  retiring. 


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NOSE,  Bleeding  from  the. — TREATMENT— 
Immerse  the  face  in  the  coldest  water,  and 
dash  cold  water,  or  vinegar  and  water,  up 
the  nostrils,  or  apply  ice  or  ice-water  to 
the  root  of  the  nose,  or  apply  cold  cloths 
or  metal  to  the  nape  of  the  neck  or  back. 
Keep  the  head  as  much  elevated  as  possi- 
ble, and  let  the  diet  be  spare  and  simple  in 
character.  As  bleeding  from  the  nose  often 
relieves  congestion,  the  treatment  should 
be  adapted  to  the  urgency  of  the  symptoms, 
which,  if  slight,  need  not  be  much  inter- 
fered with.  Persons  subject  to  nose-bleed- 
ing should  lead  a  temperate  life,  with  mod- 
crate  and  regular  exercise,  a  nourishing 
diet,  avoiding  stimulants,  and  should  make 
a  free  use  of  cold  water. 

The  principal  remedy  is  Ferrum  phos. 
Dissolve  a  powder  in  a  cup  of  cold  water, 
and  take  a  swallow  every  few  minutes 
until  relieved. 

NOISES  IN  THE  HEAD  may   be    due   to 

recent  catarrh   of  the  eustachian  tube,  an 


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extension  from  an   ordinary  cold,  or  as  a 
result  of  too  large  doses  of  quinine,  etc. 

If  from  a  cold,  take  Ferrum  plios.]  if 
after  quinine,  take  Natrum  mur. — a  dose 
every  three  hours. 

OVARIES. — Pain  in  region  of  groin  in 
females  about  the  time  of  menses  is  a  com- 
mon symptom,  and  is  usually  connected 
with  other  menstrual  disturbances.  Rest, 
application  of  heat,  and  attention  to  the 
bowels,  are  necessary.  Internally,  give 
Kali  2)hos.  arid  Magnes.  phos.,  alternating 
every  hour.  Between  the  periods,  take 
Calcar.  pJios.  night  and  morning. 

PARALYTIC  SYMPTOMS.— Numbness  and 
lameness;  rheumatic  paralysis;  loss  of  sen- 
sation or  motion  in  a  part,  may  be  relieved 
by  the  use  of  Kali  mur.,  if  due  to  rheu- 
matism; later,  Calcar.  plwspli.,  a  dose  night 
and  morning. 

Silica  is  the  remedy,  if  the  condition  is 
due  to  the  suppression  of  foot-sweat,  which 


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has  frequently  caused  paralytic  conditions 
and  cured  only  by  giving  a  remedy  restor- 
ing the  accustomed  sweat, 

PERSPIRATION  abnormal,  when  due  to 
weakness,  as  after  acute  illness  or  general 
run-down  conditions  of  the  body,  will  be 
lessened  by  sponging  the  body  with  vine- 
gar and  water,  or  cologne  spirits  and  water, 
and  taking  at  the  same  time  Cakar.phosph., 
third  trituration,  a  powder  every  three 
hours. 

PHARYNGITIS.— Redness,  pain  and  swell- 
ing of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  mouth 
and  throat. 

REMEDIES. — Ferrum  pJiosph.,  if  the  parts 
are  dry,  hot  with  painful  swallowing;  a 
dose  every  hour. 

Kali  mur.,  if  the  tongue  be  coated  white 
and  parts  swollen. 

Natrum  pliosph.,  if  the  tongue  be  coated 
with  a  yellowish  deposit. 

The  chronic  form  of  pharyngitis  is  often 
due  to  smoking,  which  must  be  stopped.  A 


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course  of  Kali  mur.,  a  dose  of  the  third 
trituration  three  times  a  day,  will  often 
work  wonders. 

PILES.  (Haemorrhoids). — Small  tumors  or 
lumps  formed  by  a  distention  or  relaxation 
of  the  veins  of  the  rectum.  They  may  be 
external,  or  so  far  within  the  rectum  as  to 
be  imperceptible,  and  they  may  or  may  not 
bleed.  Sensation  of  weight,  pain  in  the 
back,  loins  and  thighs,  straining  during 
stool,  and  constipation,  frequently  accom- 
pany them.  Piles  are  frequently  caused 
by  excessive  fatigue,  obstinate  costiveness, 
the  abuse  of  purgatives,  sedentary  habits, 
stimulating  food  or  drinks,  or  by  a  constitu- 
tional or  hereditary  tendency. 

TREATMENT. — The  pain  and  irritation  often 
present  are  much  relieved  by  the  free  ap- 
plication of  cold  water  either  by  bathing  or 
immersion.  Aesculas  Cerate  spread  on  lint 
and  kept  constantly  to  the  parts  is  some- 
times beneficial.  When  the  inflammation 
is  great,  rest  and  the  horizontal  position 


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should  be  observed,  with  a  mild  vegetable 
diet.  Everything  heating,  stimulating,  and 
constipating,  must  be  avoided  in  the  gene- 
ral diet,  all  highly-seasoned  food  and  the 
like.  Individuals  subject  to  piles  should 
bathe  in  the  sea  as  often  as  convenient,  or 
in  salt  water  baths.  During  an  attack,  in- 
jections of  cold  water  may  be  used  daily; 
suitable  exercises  should  be  taken,  and 
every  endeavor  made  to  keep  the  bowels 
regular. 

In  the  treatment  of  piles,  attention 
must  be  paid  to  disturbances  in  the  func- 
tions of  the  liver,  the  digestive  organs  and 
the  bowels,  otherwise  a  cure  cannot  be 
achieved. 

Ferrum  phosph. — Inflamed  and  bleeding 
piles,  must  be  used  before  the  tumors  are 
hardened.  Take  a  dose  every  hour  and 
bathe  with  Hamamelis  extract. 

Calcai  fluor.  is  the  chief  remedy  for  the 
permanent  cure.  It  is  useful  for  blind 
piles,  frequently  with  backache  arid  consti- 
pation, etc.  After  an  acute  attack,  it  is  the 


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remedy  for  the  remaining  tumors.  Take 
one  tablet  every  three  hours.  Use  the  6th 
potency,  later  the  1-lith  or  30th. 

Magnes.  phosph.  is  the  remedy,  when  the 
piles  are  exceedingly  tender  and  painful. 
It  may  be  used  in  alternation  with  other 
indicated  remedies,  but  should  be  given 
dissolved  in  hot  water,  a  dose  every  hour. 

PIMPLES  (Acne).— An  eruption  frequently 
seen  in  the  young,  especially  about  the 
time  of  puberty  and  whenever  the  digest- 
ive tract  is  impaired.  It  consists  of  dis- 
tinct pustules  not  unlike  very  minute  boils, 
seated  on  a  hard  inflamed  base,  which  sup- 
purate imperfectly,  leaving  behind  them 
small,  hard,  red  tumors,  which  are  slow  in 
disappearing.  They  generally  appear  on 
the  face,  forehead,  and  chin,  and  are  ex- 
cited by  too  much  animal  food,  spices, 
stimulants,  etc. 

The  treatment  consists  in  encouraging 
healthy  elimination  through  skin  and 
bowels.  Eat  fruit,  vegetables,  and  drink 


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plenty  of  fresh  water.  Thorough  washing 
with  soap  and  water  the  affected  part,  then 
powder  with  corn-starch,  will  prove  bene- 
ficial. 

The  chief  remedy  is  Kali  mur.  followed 
by  Calcar.  sulph.  Take  a  dose  three  times 
a  day. 

PLEURISY,  FALSE.-Rheumatic  Pleurisy. 
Stitch  in  the  Side.— (Pleurodynia.) — A  rheu- 
matic affection  of  the  muscles  covering  arid 
passing  between  the  ribs,  which  produces 
an  acute  pain  in  the  side  increased  on  in- 
spiration. It  is  distinguished  fronu  true 
pleurisy  by  being  attended  with  little  or  no 
fever,  and  by  the  increase  of  pain  which 
always  takes  place  on  movement  of  the 
chest  or  any  exertion  causing  the  contrac- 
tion of  the  inflamed  muscles. 

The  treatment  consists  in  the  application 
of  heat  arid  administration  of  Ferrum 
pliospli.  in  hourly  doses  until  relieved. 

PLEURISY. — The  true  form  is  an  inflam- 
mation of  the  Pleura,  the  membrane  lining 


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the  lungs  and  chest,  and  Is  a  very  painful 
and  serious  affection.  It  is  accompanied 
by  fever,  short  breathing,  with  a  stitching 
pain  in  some  part  of  the  chest.  Greatly 
aggravated  by  breathing  and  motion. 

TREATMENT. — The  patient's  room  must  be 
kept  quiet,  moderately  warm,  but  well  ven- 
tilated. Perfect  rest  should  be  observed. 
All  kinds  of  animal  food  and  heating  fluids 
should  be  avoided,  and  the  diet  should  con- 
sist of  farinaceous  articles,  barley  water, 
arrowroot,  thin  gruel,  light  vegetables, 
milk,  etc. ;  returning  during  convalescence 
to  beef-tea,  chicken-broth,  etc.  A  wet 
bandage  may  be  applied  over  the  painful 
part  with  advantage,  or  if  the  pain  is 
severe,  hot  linseed  meal  poultices,  hot 
fomentations,  etc.  During  recovery,  care 
must  be  taken  to  guard  against  catching 
cold. 

The  principal  remedy  at  first  is  Ferrum 
phosph.,  a  dose  dissolved  in  water  should  be 
taken  every  half  hour.  This  may  be  followed 


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by  Kali  mur.,  a  dose  in  alternation  with  Per- 
rum  every  hour.  Pleurisy  is  often  complica- 
ted with  inflammation  of  the  lungs  them- 
selves, giving 

PLEURO  PNEUMONIA,  a  very  serious 
and  very  dangerous  disease  which  should 
always  receive  the  attention  of  a  physician. 
There  is  high  fever,  great  oppression  of  the 
chest,  painful  breathing,  cough  and  marked 
weakness.  It  is  a  disease  especially  danger- 
ous in  the  very  young  arid  the  aged  and 
in  constitutions  run  down  by  excess  or 
other  causes.  The  action  of  the  heart  must 
be  watched  as  death  usually  occurs  from 
heart  failure.  Stimulants  are  indicated  in 
this  disease.  Among  the  Tissue  Remedies, 
Ferrum  phosph..  Kali  phos.  and  Kali  mur. 
are  those  most  frequently  indicated.  The 
remedies  must  be  given  frequently,  every 
hour  at  least,  supplemented  by  absolute 
rest,  easily  assimilated  food,  milk,  broths, 
etc.  The  application  of  poultices  may 
prove  of  much  comfort,  but  should  be  done 


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very  carefully  without  disturbing  the  pa- 
tient much  or  exposing  him  in  any  way, 
otherwise  they  are  a  delusion. 

RED  GUM.— Infant  Rash.— Pimples  occur- 
ring upon  the  face,  chest,  and  hands  of 
young  infants,  with  redness  of  the  sur- 
rounding skin,  often  dependent  upon 
teething. 

Bathe  the  child  in  bran  or  oatmeal 
water,  and  after  thorough  drying  with  a 
soft  towel,  powder  freely  with  corn-starch. 
Give  a  dose  of  Ferrum  phosph.  night  and 
morning.  If  the  child  is  teething,  give 
Calcar.  phosph. ,  third  trituration,  a  powder 
in  his  food  or  on  the  tongue  three  times  a 
day. 

RHEUMATISM.  — Pains  in  the  fibrous, 
muscular,  or  membraneous  parts  of  the 
body,  generally  attended  with  rigidity  of 
the  part  affected  and  aggravation  of  the 
pains  on  motion,  and  characterized  by  sen- 
sibility to  atmospheric  changes.  Shivering 


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and  a  sensation  of  cold  sometimes  precede 
an  acute  attack  (acute  rheumatism),  fever 
is  present,  aching,  tearing,  or  shooting 
pains  with  stiffness  are  experienced  in  the 
parts  affected,  especially  in  the  joints,  and 
in  most  cases  there  is  more  or  less  disorder 
of  the  digestive  functions.  In  chronic 
rheumatism  the  symptoms  are  similar,  but 
less  urgent  and  more  tedious.  Rheumat- 
ism is  sometimes  local,  or  wanders  from 
one  part  to  another  in  a  most  capricious 
manner,  or  even  attacks  internal  organs;  is 
sometimes  attended  with  swelling,  heat, 
and  redness,  and  sometimes  without  such 
symptoms,  sometimes  relieved  by  motion, 
and  sometimes  by  rest;  sometimes  by  hot 
and  sometimes  by  cold  applications.  Rheu- 
matism affecting  the  loins  is  called  lumba- 
go; the  hips,  sciatica;  and  the  chest,  false 
pleurisy. 

TREATMENT. — Keep  the  parts  warm  and 
dry;  flannel  underwear  is  essential.  See 
that  the  bowels  are  kept  in  good  condition ; 
avoid  too  much  meat;  drink  milk. 


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The  first  remedy  in  this  painful  affection 
is  Ferrum  pliospli-  It  should  be  given 
every  hour  until  improvement  shows  itself. 
If  the  joints  are  swollen,  alternate  with  it 
Kali  mur.  every  two  hours.  For  very  vio- 
lent pains,  Magnesia  pliospli.  is  to  be  used, 
a  dose  every  hour,  stopping  the  other  rem- 
edies meanwhile. 

Calcar.  phosph.  is  the  remedy  when  every 
change  of  weather  brings  back  rheumatic 
pains.  Take  a  tablet  of  the  sixth  potency 
three  times  a  day  for  some  time.  It  fre- 
quently hardens  the  system  against  taking 
cold. 

RINGWORM. — This  is  a  contagious  dis- 
ease caused  by  a  vegetable  parasite,  and  is 
very  common  in  children,  but  almost  un- 
known in  adults.  The  parasite  is  a  fungus 
which  attacks  the  hairs,  burrowing  into  the 
roots  and  producing  circular  patches  having 
a  slightly  raised  and  scurfy  surface,  the 
hairs  on  which  are  dry,  brittle,  lustreless, 
and  broken  off  close  to  the  scalp.  Some- 


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times  there  is  a  small  pustule  at  the  root  of 
each  hair,  which  discharges  a  mucous  fluid. 

The  treatment  consists  in  the  application 
of  Carbolated  Vaseline  and  the  internal 
administration  of  Kali  mur..  a  dose  three 
times  a  day. 

RICKETS  (Rachitis)  is  an  important  dis- 
eased condition  in  children,  by  which  the 
bones  are  illy  nourished  and  become  mal- 
formed in  consequence.  The  bones  are 
softer,  owing  to  a  lack  of  deposit  of  the 
earthy  constituents.  It  always  begins  du- 
ring the  first  dentition.  The  usual  symp- 
toms are  nightly  restlessness,  sweating 
about  the  head,  inability  to  walk  or  weak 
legs,  large  wrists,  weak  spine,  large  open 
fontanelles — the  bones  of  the  head  do  not 
close.  There  is  great  tendency  to  all  kinds 
of  catarrhal  complications,  muscular  debil- 
ity and  nervous  symptoms.  The  teeth  are 
cut  late,  sometimes  a  year  may  pass  before 
the  first  teeth  are  through. 


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The  treatment  of  a  rickety  child  requires 
careful  attention  to  details.  The  diet  must 
be  regulated;  sugar  and  starchy  food  must 
be  curtailed;  Mellin's  food,  fresh  cow's 
milk,  broths,  plenty  of  fresh  air;  sunlight 
and  cleanliness  must  be  found  in  the  nur- 
sery; warm  clothing,  combination  flannels, 
warm  shoes  and  stockings  are  all  very  nec- 
essary; massage,  salt  water  baths,  inunction 
of  oil  are  useful  aids.  A  course  of  the  Tis- 
sue Remedies  will  accomplish  excellent 
results. 

Calcar.  phos.  is  the  principal  remedy. 
The  bones  are  soft;  child  is  emaciated, 
sweats  profusely,  is  weak  and  cold ;  may 
have  diarrhoea,  sallow,  earthy  complexion, 
etc.  It  is  best  to  give  it  continuously  in 
the  food,  beginning  with  tablets  of  the  first 
or  second  trituratiori  and  putting  one  in  all 
its  food;  later,  give  the  third  and  sixth 
potency  about  three  times  a  day.  This 
remedy  may  be  given  in  alternation  with 
any  other  that  may  be  indicated. 


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Natrum  mur. — Especially  when  the  neck 
is  very  thin  and  the  thighs,  also,  are  much 
emaciated. 

Silica. — Head  large,  rest  of  body  greatly 
wasted  away;  abdomen  swollen,  hot;  ankles 
weak;  offensive  diarrhoea;  child  very  ner- 
vous, sensitive,  irritable,  cold  tendency  to 
boils;  child  feels  better  when  wrapped  up 
very  warmly. 

Natrum  phospli. — This  remedy  is  espe- 
cially useful  for  poorly  nourished  children, 
when  there  is  much  acidity,  sour-smelling 
stools,  perspiration,  etc. ;  stools  often  clay- 
colored.  A  dose  of  the  selected  remedy 
should  be  given  four  times  a  day  and  per- 
severed with  for  w^eeks,  or  until  marked 
improvement  shows  itself. 

SCARLET  FEVER  (Scarlatina).— A  pecu- 
liar scarlet  rash  upon  the  skin,  with  fever 
and  sore  throat.  It  is  infectious  and  con- 
tagious; usually  commencing  with  fever, 
pains  in  the  throat,  and  vomiting.  On  the 
first  or  second  day,  or  sometimes  a  little 


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later,  a  scarlet  redness  of  the  skin  appears, 
in  large,  smooth  glassy  spots,  first  on  the 
throat  and  then  on  the  face  and  neck,  from 
whence  it  spreads  over  the  whole  body, 
and  usually  continues  until  the  fifth  or 
sixth  day.  The  redness  disappears  on 
slight  pressure,  but  as  quickly  returns 
when  the  finger  is  removed.  The  fever  is 
often  accompanied  with  an  affection  of  the 
kidneys,  more  frequently  with  severe  dis- 
ease of  the  throat  and  neck,  or  of  some 
internal  organ,  and  is  often  followed  by 
dropsy.  It  generally  occurs  only  once  dur- 
ing life.  It  comes  out  within  a  week  of 
exposure  to  the  infection. 

The  patient  with  scarlet  fever  must  be 
separated.  It  is  contagious  from  the  initial 
sore  throat  until  the  last  branny  scales  have 
been  removed.  Six  weeks  quarantine  is 
not  unusual. 

The  treatment  must  always  be  superin- 
tended by  a  physician.  It  is  a  dangerous 
disease,  though  epidemics  differ  greatly  in 
intensity.  The  most  careful  attention  to 


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nursing  and  diet  are  absolutely  necessary 
to  ensure  recovery.  Remedies  play  but  a 
minor  role  in  the  treatment.  For  the  sim- 
ple forms,  nothing  outside  of  the  hourly 
administration  of  Ferrum  plios.  is  required. 
This  can  alwa37s  be  relied  upon  until  the 
physician  can  be  called  in  to  take  full 
charge  of  the  case.  For  the  severer  types 
Kali  mur.j  Kali  pJws.  and  Calc.  pJios.  are 
required. 

SCIATICA. — A  most  painful  neuralgic 
affection  of  the  large  nerve  supplying  the 
leg,  often  very  obstinate  and  dependent 
frequently  upon  constitutional  defects.  In 
the  treatment,  great  attention  must  be  paid 
to  the  condition  of  the  bowels,  as  a  loaded 
colon  alone  suffices  to  greatly  aggravate  the 
pain,  also  to  the  condition  of  the  foot  ap- 
parel, sometimes  heavy  shoes  or  boots,  and 
warm  stockings  going  far  to  cure  an  attack. 

Kali  plios. — Pain  down  back  of  thigh  to 
knee,  great  restlessness,  moving  about 
gently  gives  some  relief  for  a  time. 


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Natrum  sulpJi.—In  gouty  patients,  pain 
in  hip-joint,  worse  moving  about  or  raising 
from  a  seat. 

Natrum  mur. — Chronic  cases.  Pains 
better  by  heat,  worse  right  side,  hip  and 
knee;  hamstrings  feel  contracted. 

Magnes  plios. — When  the  pains  are  very 
severe.  Given  in  hot  water,  it  will  often 
mitigate  them. 

A  dose  of  the  selected  remedy  may  be 
given  hourly  or  oftener,  if  pains  are  severe; 
when  less  acute,  a  dose  four  times  a  day 
will  prove  sufficient.  For  very  obstinate 
cases  Calc.  Phos.  and  Silica  may  be  tried. 

ST.  TITUS  DANCE  (Chorea.)— A  disease  of 
the  nervous  system  characterized  by  twitch- 
ings  and  involuntary  movements  of  certain 
groups  of  muscles,  especially  of  the  face. 
The  disease  is  often  associated  with  rheu- 
matism, anemia,  worms  and  as  a  result  of 
mere  imitation. 

REMEDIES. — Magnes  pliosph.  and  Calcar 
pliosph.  are  the  principal  remedies.  For  the 


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acute  attacks,  give  a  dose  of  Calcar  phos. 
morning  and  night,  and  Magnes  plws.  every 
two  hours  during  the  day.  When  improve- 
ment sets  in,  give  one  dose  of  each  daily, 
one  in  the  morning  and  the  other  at  night. 

SHINGLES. — An  eruption  of  vesicles  in 
small  distinct  clusters,  with  red  margins 
which  spread  around  the  body  like  a  girdle 
or  belt,  most  commonly  at  the  waist,  and 
is  attended  with  heat  and  itching  and  often 
with  acute  pain  of  a  neuralgic  character, 
vesicles  do  not  burst  but  change  color  and 
dry  up.  In  its  chronic  form  it  is  obstinate 
and  difficult  of  cure. 

TREATMENT. — Powder  the  parts  with  corn 
starch  after  applying  a  little  vaseline  and 
take  Kali  mur.  and  Natrum  mur.  in  alter- 
nation, a  dose  every  two  hours.  If  the 
pain  is  severe  substitute  Kali  pliospli,  a  dose 
every  hour. 

SLEEPLESSNESS  (Insomnia)  is  an  early 
symptom  of  an  exhausted  condition  of  the 


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nervous  system  and  should  be  treated  by 
looking  to  the  general  health.  Avoid  men- 
tal work,  especially  in  the  evening;  stimu- 
lants, especially  coffee,  but  see  that  the 
patient  does  not  go  to  bed  hungry.  Often 
a  cup  of  beef-tea  or  hot  milk  at  bedtime 
will  ensure  a  good  night's  rest.  See  that 
the  feet  are  warm  when  retiring;  if  neces- 
sary, put  a  hot  water  bag  in  the  bed. 

The  best  general  remedy  is  Kali  phos. 
It  may  be  taken  with  advantage  in  hot 
milk  on  retiring  for  the  night. 

Silica  may  be  taken  during  the  day,  if 
the  patient  is  nervous  and  excitable  and 
chilly.  A  dose  three  times  a  day. 

SMALL-POX  (Yariola).—  Small-pox  com- 
mences with  fever,  accompanied  with  nau- 
sea and  vomiting,  severe  pains  in  the  back 
and  loins,  bad  smell  from  the  mouth,  and 
frequently  with  tenderness  of  the  abdomen 
on  pressure.  On  the  fourth  day  the  erup- 
tion makes  its  appearance,  first  on  the  face 
and  hairy  scalp,  then  on  the  neck,  and 


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afterwards  over  the  whole  body.  At  first, 
the  eruption  has  the  form  of  small,  red, 
hard,  and  pointed  elevations,  which  increase 
and  enlarge  during  the  next  three  days, 
forming  into  small  vesicles  on  the  top  of 
each  pimple,  depressed  in  the  centre,  hav- 
ing an  inflamed  base,  and  being  filled  with 
a  clear  fluid.  On  the  eighth  or  ninth  da}' 
the  eruption  is  at  its  height,  after  which 
time  the  pustules  commence  to  dry  up  and 
scab  in  the  order  in  which  they  make  their 
appearance.  The  pustules  sometimes  run 
into  each  other,  and  form  large,  continuous, 
suppurating  surfaces.  The  eruption  on  the 
skin  passes  through  the  stages  of  pimple, 
vesicle,  pustule,  scab,  and  leaves  marks  on 
the  site  of  exudation.  The  disease  gener- 
ally exhausts  the  susceptibility  of  the  con- 
stitution to  another  attack  and  is  highly 
contagious. 

TREATMENT. — The  patient's  room  should 
be  cool,  thoroughly  ventilated,  and  dark- 
ened; some  antiseptic  should  be  used  free- 
ly, either  on  cloth  dipped  in  the  solutions 


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or  in  the  form  of  spray.  Cool,  fresh  air 
should  be  admitted  several  times  a  day,  and 
the  patient  should  lie  on  a  mattress  and  be 
lightly  covered.  The  linen  should  be  fre- 
quently changed,  and  the  free  use  of  cool- 
ing drinks  allowed.  The  diet  during  the 
feverish  symptoms  should  be  spare  and 
light — barley-water,  thin  gruel,  etc. ;  and 
if  there  is  no  diarrhoea,  roasted  apples, 
stewed  primes,  and  the  like.  When  conva- 
lescence sets  in,  beef-tea  and  chicken-broth 
should  be  given.  Toast-water  and  oatmeal- 
water  may  be  used  as  beverages  which, 
with  the  diet,  should  be  more  cold  than 
warm.  To  allay  irritation  and  prevent  pit- 
ting, the  pustules  should  be  painted  with 
glycerine  or  starch. 

PREVENTIVE  TREATMENT. — Vaccination  is 
the  only  effectual  preventive  against  small- 
pox, or  if  it  does  not  prevent,  it  will  cer- 
tainly modify  its  course. 

Kali  mur.  is  the  principal  remedy;  it 
controls  the  formation  of  pustules* 


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Kali  sulph.  may  be  given  to  promote  the 
formation  of  healthy  skin  and  the  falling 
off  of  the  crusts.  Use  the  3rd  trit  unit  ion, 
a  dose  every  three  hours. 

SORE  THROAT. — An  inflammatory  con- 
dition of  the  back  part  of  the  mouth, 
(throat,  palate,  and  tonsils),  with  difficulty 
of  swallowing,  impeded  respiration,  and 
more  or  less  fever.  It  may  differ  greatly  in 
intensity,  from  the  slightest  irritation  in 
the  throat,  which  vanishes  quickly,  to 
cases  of  great  severity  ending  in  abscess  and 
suppuration,  and  obstructing  respiration  to 
an  alarming  extent.  See  Tonsilitis. 

TREATMENT. — Use  a  wet  compress  around 
the  throat;  gargle  with  claret  and  water 
and  take  Ferrum  plws.,  a  dose  every  half 
hour,  if  the  throat  is  red,  inflamed,  painful; 
burning  in  throat.  Useful  for  the  sore 
throats  of  singers  and  those  who  use 
the  voice  much.  Tendency  to  evening 
hoarseness. 


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Kali  mur. — When  tonsils  swell.  Ulcera- 
ted sore  throat.  Granular  pharyngitis. 
Tough  mucus  in  throat. 

Natrum  mur. — Sore  throat  of  smokers 
and  after  nitrate  of  silver  treatment.  Throat 
feels  constricted  with  stitches.  Chronic 
sore  throat  with  feeling  of  a  plug  or  lump 
and  great  drjness. 

Calcara  fluor. —  Relaxed  sore  throat, 
uvula  too  long,  tickling  in  throat.  Hawk- 
ing of  mucus  early  in  the  morning.  Burn- 
ing in  throat. 

Of  the  selected  remedy,  take  a  dose 
every  hour  in  acute  cases,  for  more  chronic 
types,  a  dose  three  times  a  day. 

SPASMS  are  usually  met  with  in  domes- 
tic practice  in  children,  who  are  of  a 
nervous  organization,  and  have  been  sub- 
jected to  errors  in  diet.  The  first  thing 
to  do  is  to  get  rid  of  the  offending  cause, 
hence  an  injection  or  even  vomiting  may 
be  resorted  to.  A  hot  bath  is  always  indi- 
cated. After  these  things  have  been  at- 


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tended  to,  give  Magnes.  phos.  dissolved  in 
hot  water  every  few  minutes  for  a  few 
doses.  This  may  be  followed  by  Calcar. 
phos.,  especially  if  the  Mag.  phos.  fails  to 
give  entire  relief.  Gale  phos.  is  especially 
indicated  in  convulsions  from  teething 
without  fever.  Fits  during  development 
in  childhood.  In  anemic,  pale  patients, 
cramps  and  convulsive  movements  of  all 
kinds. 

A  dose  three  times  a  day  beginning 
with  the  third  trituration,  and  after  some 
time  substituting  the  sixth  and  higher. 

SPINAL  IRRITATION  is  shown  by  back- 
ache, weakness,  painful  spine,  headache, 
impaired  digestion,  etc.,  frequently  found 
in  hysterical  subjects.  A  course  of  the 
Tissue  Remedies,  together  with  attention 
to  the  general  health,  massage,  salt  water 
baths,  will  be  of  great  benefit.  The  chief 
remedies  are 

Natrum  mur.,  especially  when  the  pa- 
tient is  easily  fatigued,  weakness  from  the 


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slightest  exertion,  restless,  pain  in  back 
and  head,  spine  very  sensitive.  Salty 
taste  and  repugnance  to  food;  vision  be- 
comes dim  after  reading;  skin  dry  and 
harsh,  mouth  dry;  feet  heavy;  back  feels 
broken ;  bladder  weak,  dribbling  of  urine. 

Silica. — Spinal  irritation  of  children  de- 
pending on  worms.  Nape  of  neck  stiff — 
burning  in  back.  Patient  very  sensitive  to 
every  impression,  feels  better  from  warmth 
in  general. 

Kali  phos.  may  be  given  in  alternation 
with  either  of  these  remedies  as  a  general 
nerve  food.  A  powder  may  be  taken  three 
times  a  day,  half  an  hour  before  eating. 

TEETHING.  —  Dentition.  —  There  is  no 
doubt  that  the  teething  process  does  pre- 
dispose the  child  to  various  disturbances; 
it  renders  it  more  sensitive  and  open  to  all 
sorts  of  impressions  and  morbid  influences. 
There  is  more  or  less  restlessness,  sleepless- 
ness, fever,  bowel  disturbance  and  skin 
irritation.  Look  to  the  general  physical 


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comfort  of  the  child,  warm  clothing,  suffi- 
cient but  not  too  much  bed  clothing,  reg- 
ular bathing,  good  air,  sunny  room,  daily 
exercise  in  the  open  air,  if  the  weather 
permits,  etc.  Suitable  food,  of  which 
mother's  milk  is  the  best  of  course,  is  of 
paramount  importance.  In  the  absence  of 
mother's  milk,  cow's  milk  modified  by  the 
addition  of  barley-water  is  one  of  the  best 
substitutes.  When  the  teeth  begin  to  ap- 
pear, a  crust  of  bread  and  broth  may  be 
given  in  addition,  though  milk  should  be 
the  principal  article  of  diet  for  the  first 
four  years.  There  is  nothing  more  certain 
than  the  favorable  influence  of  some  of  the 
Tissue  Remedies  in  regulating  this  import- 
ant time  in  the  child's  life.  Among  them 
none  is  of  greater  and  wider  influence  than 
Calcar.  plios.  If  the  teeth  are  rather  late 
in  erupting,  it  should  be  given  to  hasten 
development.  It  is  the  remedy  for  all 
troublesome  ailments  during  dentition;  es- 
pecially useful  in  flabby,  emaciated  chil- 
dren who  are  apt  to  have  loose  bowels  and 


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suffer  from  stomach  troubles.  Give  a  pow- 
der of  the  third  trituration  in  the  food 
three  times  a  day.  It  may  be  advantage- 
ously followed  by 

Calcar.  fluor.,  which  also  greatly  facili- 
tates dentition;  indicated  when  there  is 
vomiting  and  spasms,  incessant  crying,  etc. 

Magnes.phos. — In  convulsive  cases,  much 
twitching  of  muscles  or  complete  spasms; 
colic  and  loose  bowels  call  for  it.  Should 
be  given  after  every  stool  and  during  spas- 
modic symptoms  every  few  minutes. 

THRUSH.  Sore-mouth.  (Aphthoe).— A  dis- 
ease of  infants,  and  also  one  of  which  is 
peculiar  to  the  last  stage  of  chronic  disea- 
ses, consisting  of  white,  spongy  and  sloughy 
ulcers,  resembling  loose  skin  on  the  tongue, 
palate,  throat ;  and  sometimes,  when  severe, 
extending  throughout  the  intestinal  canal; 
often  caused  by  want  of  cleanliness,  or  bad, 
or  unsuitable  food. 

TREATMENT. — Liquid  and  cool  food  alone 
must  be  given.  Keep  the  mouth  scrupu- 


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lously  clean  with  a  solution  of  Boracic  acid, 
or  Listerine. 

Kali  mur.  and  Natrum  pliospli.  are  the 
remedies  which  may  be  given  alternately 
every  hour  dissolved  in  water. 

TONGUE. — The  appearance  of  the  tongue 
gives  very  valuable  indications  for  the  use 
of  the  Tissue  Remedies.  Sometimes  it 
alone,  when  very  marked,  may  lead  to  the 
right  remedy.  The  most  marked  appear- 
ances characteristic  of  each  remedy  are  the 
following: 

Kali  mur. — Tongue  swollen;  coating 
white,  grayish,  shining. 

Kali  plios. — Tongue  excessively  dry, 
brown.  Edges  red  and  sore. 

Kali  sulph. — Coating  yellow,  slimy  with 
insipid,  pappy  taste. 

Natrum  mur. — Clean,  moist  tongue,  sen- 
sation of  a  hair  on  tongue.  Feels  dry,  but 
is  not.  Small  bubbles  of  frothy  saliva 
cover  the  sides  and  tips. 


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Natrum  pkos. — Coating  at  the  base  moist, 
creamy  or  golden  yellow. 

Calcar  fluor. — Cracked  appearance  of 
tongue. 

TONSILITIS  (Quinsy).— Inflammation  and 
swelling  of  the  tonsils,  at  times  going  on  to 
formation  of  pus.  Usually  the  result  of 
cold.  There  seems  to  be  a  special  predis- 
position to  it  in  certain  persons,  which  can 
only  be  eradicated  by  constitutional  treat- 
ment. 

REMEDIES. — Kali  mur.  is  the  principal 
remedy.  Give  a  dose  every  hour. 

Calcar.  sulpli. — If  pus  forms,  it  may  then 
be  alternated  with  the  former. 

Besides  the  remedies,  ice  is  very  grate- 
ful. Ice-cream  will  be  found  a  good  food. 

TONSILS,  ENLARGED.— A  very  common 
affection  of  childhood,  often  interfering 
with  breathing  with  mouth  closed.  Before 
resorting  to  cutting,  which  is  so  popular 
nowadays,  a  course  of  internal  medication 


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should  be  given  a  chance  to  cure  radically. 
Frequently  a  few  weeks'  treatment  will 
accomplish  the  result. 

The  principal  remedy  is  Calcar.  pJws. 
Chronic  swelling  of  the  tonsils,  causing 
pain  on  opening  mouth,  difficulty  in  swal- 
lowing and  deafness,  husky  voice.  Give 
the  2x  trituration,  one  tablet  four*  times  a 
day  for  two  weeks;  then  substitute  the  3x, 
and  later  the  6th  given  in  the  same  way. 

TOOTHACHE. --Pain  in  one  or  more 
teeth,  which  varies  extremely  in  degree, 
duration,  and  character,  frequently  extend- 
ing to  the  face,  ears,  neck,  and  head,  and 
often  resulting  from  pregnancy,  decayed 
teeth,  extremes  or  sudden  changes  of  tem- 
perature, cold,  rheumatism,  indigestion, 
or  from  hot  or  cold,  sweet  or  sour  articles 
of  food  or  drink,  etc. 

REMEDIES. — Ferrum  phospJi.,  when  there 
is  heat  and  redness  in  the  cheek  and  when 
pain  is  relieved  by  cold  drinks. 


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Natrum  mur..  when  the  pain  is  associated 
with  profuse  flow  of  tears  or  of  saliva. 

Magnes.  plios.,  when  the  pains  are  re- 
lieved by  the  application  of  heat  and  warm 
drinks. 

Silica^  when  the  pains  seem  to  be  deep 
in  the  jaw. 

Cakar.  fluor.,  when  gum  boil  forms  or 
other  hard  swelling. 

DOSE. — A  powder  of  the  selected  remedy 
should  be  given  every  half  or  quarter  of  an 
hour.  When  improvement  sets  in,  not  so 
often. 

TUMORS. — Nothing  proves  the  efficiency 
of  constitutional  treatment  by  means  of  the 
Tissue  Remedies  more  than  the  disappear- 
ance of  growths  and  tumors  after  a  course  of 
this  treatment.  Not  all  yield ;  probably  none 
in  the  latter  stages  of  their  development, 
but  many  in  the  earlier  stages;  and  it  is 
certain  that  surgical  measures  should  not 
be  decided  upon  until  a  few  months  treat- 
ment have  been  tried.  The  indications  for 


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the  following  remedies  are  based  on  the 
experience  of  many  physicians  and  cannot 
be  gainsaid. 

Kali  pJios.,,  has  been  found  of  much  use  in 
cancer,  for  the  pain,  offensive  discharge  and 
debility. 

Kali  sulpli.,  in  Epithelioma,  cancer  on 
the  skin  near  a  mucous  lining,  with  dis- 
charge of  thin,  mattery  secretion, 

Calcar.  phos. — Cysts  of  all  sorts  require 
this  remedy.  Goitre,  weeping  sinew,  house- 
maid's knee,  etc.,  all  yield  to  this  drug. 

Cak.fluor. — Hard  tumors.  Knots,  ker- 
nels;  hardened  glands  in  the  breast.  Indu- 
rated lumps. 

Silica.  —  Enlarged  glands;  swellings, 
lumps  that  are  hard  but  threaten  to  sup- 
purate. 

The  selected  remedy  should  be  taken 
persistently  for  several  weeks,  two  or 
three  times  a  day  and  in  varying  potencies. 

ULCERS. — Here,  too,  the  administration 
of  internal  remedies  does  more  than  all  lo- 


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cal  measures  ever  accomplished.  These  are 
riot  to  be  neglected,  but  healthy  action  is 
greatly  furthered  by  the  concomitant  use 
of  the  Tissue  Remedies.  The  chief  one  is 
Silica. — Always  indicated  in  suppurative 
processes,  glandular  swellings  with  suppu- 
ration. Ulcers  of  the  lowar  limbs;  spongy, 
easily  bleeding  ulcers;  sluggish  ulcers,  in 
hard  worked  and  ill-fed  persons.  Ulcera- 
tion  following  abrasion  of  the  skin  over  HIP 
shin-bone. 

Begin  with  the  third  trituration  dissolved 
in  water  and  take  a  dose  three  or  four 
times  daily.  Then  gradually  substitute 
the  sixth  and  later  the  twelfth  trituration. 

URINARY  TROUBLES.—  Disturbance  in 
the  normal  action  of  the  urinary  apparatus, 
met  with  in  domestic  practice,  shows  itself 
more  frequently  as  incontinence,  or  too  fre- 
quent, sometimes  too  scant  arid  more  or  less 
painful  urination.  The  causes  may  be  va- 
rious: colds,  errors  in  diet,  rectal  troubles; 
and,  in  women,  displacements  of  the  womb 


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are  frequent  causes.  Any  pronounced  and 
persistent  change  should  receive  the  atten- 
tion of  a  physician.  The  urinary  symp- 
toms of  the  following  remedies  are  well  do- 
fined,  and  whenever  present  will  often  yield 
to  the  corresponding  remedy: 

Ferrum  phos. — One  of  the  best  remedies 
for  wetting  of  the  bqd  in  children  and  in- 
continence of  urine,  when  every  cough 
causes  the  urine  to  spurt.  Inflammation  of 
the  bladder;  irresistible  urging  to  urinate, 
aggravated  by  standing,  with  smarting  and 
pain. 

Kaliplu>&. — Wetting  of  the  bed  in  older 
children.  Incontinence  in  old  people; 
scalding,  bloody  urine;  itching  of  urethra. 

Maqnes  ^>/ios. — Spasmodic  retention  of 
urine.  Gravel. 

Natrum  plios. — Chief  remedy  in  catarrh 
of  thu  bladder.  Much  mucus  in  urine; 
frequent  urination;  diabetes. 

Natrum  sulph. — Sandy  deposit,  gravel, 
brick-dust  sediment.  Especially  useful  in 


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gouty  patients.  This  remedy  is  advanta- 
geously followed  by 

Galcar  phos. — Tendency  to  stone  in  the 
bladder;  flocculent  sediment. 

Natrum  mur. — Cutting  in  urethra,  and 
after  urinating;  much  and  frequent  urine; 
involuntary,  after  coughing,  when  walking, 
etc.,  etc. 

VACCINATION.— Should  any  ill  effects 
show  themselves  after  vaccination,  Kali 
mur.  and  Silica  will  neutralize  them;  a  dose 
of  one  in  the  morning  and  the  other  at 
night. 

VAKICOSE  VEINS.— Enlarged  veins,  more 
especially  in  the  legs,  and  occurring  fre- 
quently during  pregnancy.  They  are  dis- 
colored, knotty,  and  sometimes  become 
very  painful,  and  may  burst,  if  neglected. 

Ferrum  phos.  is  a  powerful  vein  remedy. 
Varicose  veins  in  young  persons;  throbbing 
in  the  parts. 


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Calcar.  fluor.  is  the  chief  remedy  for  all 
forms  of  varicose  veins.  Sharp,  piercing 
pains,  burning  soreness,  even  ulceration  of 
the  veins.  Use  the  sixth  trituration,  three 
times  a  day.  Sometimes  a  local  applica- 
tion of  a  solution  of  the  2d  trituration,  in 
water,  will  be  of  much  benefit. 

VERTIGO  is  a  symptom  of  various  dis- 
eased conditions;  may  be  caused  by  gastric 
disorders  as  well  as  disturbed  states  of  the 
circulation. 

REMEDIES. — If  due  to  congestion  of  the 
brain,  shown  by  hot  head,  full  pulse,  etc., 
give  Ferrum  phosph.,  a  dose  every  two 
hours.  If  due  to  anemic  condition,  give 
Calcar.  phos.,  a  dose  three  times  a  day.  If 
due  to  gastric  disorders,  consult  the  rem- 
edies there  indicated. 

Kali  plios.  in  the  aged;  vertigo  worse 
rising  or  looking  up;  nervous  causes;  run- 
down states  of  the  system. 

Natrum  sulph.,  with  biliousness  and  bit- 
ter taste;  excess  of  bile. 


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VOICE,  LOSS  OF.— Usually  from  cold  or 
over  use  of  voice.  Rest,  warm  drinks,  and 
Ferrum  pJws.  every  hour,  usually  soon  re- 
store the  voice. 

VOMITING. — BILIOUS  VOMITING. — See  un- 
der "Bilious  Attacks.'1 

THE  VOMITING  OF  BLOOD. — This  symptom, 
if  it  be  not  a  symptom  of  consumption, 
may  arise  from  a  weakness  brought  on  by 
some  exceptional  cause,  such  as  straining, 
a  blow  on  the  stomach,  overheating,  etc. 
Spitting  or  coughing  up  of  blood  may  pre- 
sent itself  in  various  degrees  of  severity, 
and  may  or  may  not  be  a  dangerous  symp- 
tom, sometimes  arising  from  the  ulcerative 
process  in  consumptom;  but  at  other  times 
it  may  be  constitutional,  caused  by  exter- 
nal circumstances,  such  as  quick  running, 
violent  exercise,  lifting,  etc.  Care  should 
be  taken  to  examine  whether  the  blood 
coughed  or  hawked  up  is  from  the  lungs 
or  stomach,  or  merely  from  the  nose,  or 
back  part  of  the  mouth  or  throat.  Call  a 


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physician  to  determine  this.  Give  cold 
drinks  and  dissolve  a  powder  of  Ferrum 
phos.,  third  trituration,  in  a  glass  of  ice- 
water  and  give  teaspoonful  doses  every  five 
minutes  until  better,  then  every  hour. 

VOMITING  is  a  frequent  symptom  in 
children  from  errors  in  diet  or  at  the  be- 
ginning of  acute  diseases,  notably  brain 
troubles;  in  adults  it  indicates  diseases  of 
the  stomach  or  kidneys,  most  commonly  an 
excess  of  bile,  so-called  biliousness. 

In  order  to  treat  it  successfully,  the 
whole  patient  must  be  taken  into  considera- 
tion and  the  underlying  complaint  treated, 
but  the  symptom  is  very  marked  in  the 
following  remedies. 

Silica.— Child  vomits  as  soon  as  it  nur- 
ses. Morning  vomiting  with  chilliness. 

Ferrum  phos. —Vomiting  of  food  with 
sour  fluids,  soon  after  eating;  vomiting  of 
blood,  bright  red. 

Kali  mur. — Vomiting  of  thick,  white 
phlegm. 


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Natrum  mur. — Vomiting  of  sour  fluid, 
not  food;  curdled  masses:  dark  substance, 
like  eoffee-gro.mds;  of  watery,  stringy 
transparent  mucus. 

Natrum  ^9/ios. — Vomiting  of  sour  fluid 
curdy  masses  with  yellow  coating  of 
tongue. 

Natrum  sulpli. — Bilious  vomiting  with 
bitter  taste.  Morning  sickness,  constant 
nausea. 

Oakar.  phos. — Vomiting  after  cold  water 
and  ice-cream.  Infants  vomit  often  and 
easily  and  want  to  nurse  all  the  time. 
Vomiting  with  teething  troubles. 

WRITER'S  CRAMP  is  a  functional  ner- 
vous trouble  characterized  by  spasmodic, 
tremulous,  inco-ordinate  or  paralytic  distur- 
bance when  the  act  of  writing  is  attempted. 
It  is  associated  with  some  pain  and  fatigue. 
It  is  a  type  of  other  cramps  incident  upon 
certain  occupations,  Uke  telegraphers,  mu- 
sicians, etc.,  who  use  one  set  of  muscles 
continuously  and  without  sufficient  rest. 


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The  treatment  consists  in  rest  largely, 
massage  and  the  administration  of  Natrum 
plios.  and  Magnes.  i^lios.  A  dose  of  one  in 
the  morning  and  the  other  at  night  for 
some  weeks.  If  necessary,  these  may  be 
followed  by  Calcar.  plios.,  especially  where 
there  is  cramplike  pain  in  fingers  and  wrists, 

WHOOPING  COUGH.— A  convulsive  cough, 
accompanied  with  a  shrill  whoop,  and  re- 
turning in  fits  which  are  frequently  termi- 
nated by  vomiting  of  food  and  mucus.  The 
disease  commences  with  cough,  hoarseness, 
and  other  symptoms  of  a  common  cold;  and 
in  the  second  or  third  week,  the  cough  pe- 
culiar to  this  disorder  makes  its  rppear- 
aiice.  The  paroxysms  usually  occur  every 
two  or  three  hours,  and  are  often  worse 
during  the  night,  or  every  other  day. 
Between  the  paroxysms,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  being  weak,  the  patient  shows  no 
apparent  symptoms  of  disease. 

1.  The  Catarrhal  Stage.  SYMPTOMS.— Those 
of  an  ordinary  cold — sneezing,  watery  dis- 


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charge  from  the  nose,  watery  eyes,  hoarse- 
ness, dry  cough,  headache, oppression  at  the 
chest,  feverish  nights,  etc.,  lasting  for  two 
or  three  wreeks, 

2.    The  Convulsive,  or  Whooping  Stage.— 

SYMPTOMS. — Violent  paroxysms  of  cough  of 
a  convulsive  and  suffocative  character,  and 
distinguished  by  a  peculiar  whoop.  The 
face  and  neck  are  sometimes  swollen  and 
livid,  the  e^yes  protruded  and  full  of  tears. 
The  duration  of  the  paroxysms  varies  from 
one  to  five  minutes,  at  the  termination  of 
which  there  is  often  vomiting  or  expecto- 
ration of  food  or  ropy  mucus.  This  stage 
lasts  from  five  to  six  weeks. 

TREATMENT, — The  diet  must  be  nourish- 
ing and  the  strength  of  the  patient  well 
kept  up.  Plenty  of  fresh  air  arid  regular 
exercise  should  be  enjoined.  Linseed  tea, 
or  gum-arabic  water  will  be  found  useful  to 
allay  the  irritability  of  the  throat.  All 
sources  of  irritation  and  excitement  should 
be  excluded  from  the  invalid. 


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Magnes  pJios.  is  the  principal  remedy.  It 
should  be  given  steadily,  and  will  soon 
greatly  modify  the  disease.  Dissolve  a 
powder  of  the  third  trituration  in  a  glass 
of  water,  and  give  teaspoonful  doses  every 
two  hours  and  after  every  coughing  spell. 

Calcar  pJios.  may  be  needed  in  weakly 
constitutions,  or  in  teething-children,  and 
in  obstinate  cases  with  emaciation. 

WORMS,  THREAD. — Small  worms  resem- 
bling ends  of  white  cotton  or  thread,  affect- 
ing the  last  portion  of  the  bowel,  arid  espe- 
cially the  rectum,  causing  great  irritation, 
especially  at  night,  nervous  derangement, 
difficulty  in  making  water,  paleness  of  the 
face;  picking  of  the  nose,  variation  of  the 
appetite,  etc.  They  may  often  be  seen  in 
the  child's  stool,  or  crawling  on  the  child's 
person, 

TREATMENT. — Look  to  the  diet;  avoid  too 
much  starchy  and  amylacious  food,  mushes, 
etc.  v  >It  may  be  necessary  to  give  an  occa- 
sional injection  of  salt  and  water,  one  tea- 


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spoonful  to  a  quart  of  water,  and  afterwards 
apply  a  little  vaseline  to  the  rectum.  Keep 
the  parts  immaculately  clean. 

Natrum  pJws.  is  the  principal  remedy  for 
all  kinds  of  worms — round,  long  or  thread 
worms.  There  may  be  pain  in  the  bowels, 
restless  sleep,  picking  at  nose,  acidity, 
itching  of  rectum,  grinding  of  teeth,  etc. ; 
all  symptoms  more  or  less  present  with  this 
trouble.  This  remedy  probably  acts  by  de- 
stroying the  excess  of  lactic  acid,  which 
seems  to  be  necessary  for  the  life  of  these 
worms.  Give  one  tablet  of  the  third  po- 
tency night  and  morning. 


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MATERIA  MEDICA. 


CALCAREA  FLUORICA  (Fluoride  of  Lime). 

This  salt  is  found  in  the  surface  of  the 
bones  and  in  the  enamel  of  the  teeth ;  also 
in  the  elastic  fibres  and  skin.  A  disturb- 
ance of  the  equilibrium  of  the  molecules  of 
this  salt,  according  to  the  theory  of  Bio- 
chemistry, causes  a  relaxed  condition  and  a 
dilatation,  interfering  with  Absorption  and 
hence  favoring  hardening  and  swelling  of 
the  tissues.  Enlarged  veins,  *piles,  swollen 
and  hardened  glands,  tumors/ uterine  dis- 
placements, are  conditions  resulting  from 
such  a  cause. 

SPECIAL  SYMPTOMS  CALLING  FOR  THE  USE  OF 
CALCAR.  FLUOR. — Head:  Lumps  on  head; 
hard  swellings;  nasal  troubles;  stuffy  cold; 
bad  odor  with  thick,  lumpy  discharge, 
which  is  hard  to  detach,  going  back  into 
throat. 


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Mouth  and  Throat:  Gumboil  with  hard 
swelling  on  the  jaw;  cold  sores;  throat 
troubles,  tickling  from  enlarged  soft  palate. 

Stomach  and  Bowels:  Hiccough  and 
vomiting;  constipation  and  piles,  swollen 
and  hard ;  bleeding  piles;  itching  of  rectum; 
internal  piles,  with  backache :  displacement 
of  the  womb,  indicated  by  dragging  pains; 
falling  of  womb;  profuse  menstruation. 

Respiratory  Organs:  The  chief  remedy 
in  croup;  dry,  hoarse  cough;  tickling  and 
cough,  with  lumps  of  thick  mucus. 

Extremities  and  Skin:  Enlarged  veins; 
chief  remedy  for  varicose  veins  anywhere ; 
blood  tumors;  gouty  enlargements;  crack- 
ing in  joints;  weeping  sinew;  inflammation 
of  knee-joint;  hardened  glands;  knots  and 
kernels,  and  tumors  anywhere. 

CORRESPONDING  HOMOEOPATHIC  REMEDIES. — 
Fluoric  acid,  Aurum  and  Silica. 

For  hard  swellings:  Baryta  jod.^  Calcar. 
jod. 


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For  offensive  catarrh:  Aurum  and  Kali 
bich. 

PREPARATION  AND  DOSE. — The  best  pre- 
paration for  ordinary  use  is  the  sixth  trit- 
uration,  of  which  a  small  powder  size  of  a 
bean  may  be  taken  dry  on  the  tongue,  three 
times  a  day;  or  one  tablet  of  the  same 
strength  may  be  used  instead.  After  one 
week's  use  of  the  sixth,  it  is  often  advisa- 
ble, in  chronic  cases,  to  substitute  the 
twelfth  potency,  used  in  a  similar  manner. 

CALCAREA  PHOSPHORICA  ( Phosphate  of 
Lime,), — This  salt  gives  solidity  co  the 
bones.  It  is  absolutely  essential  to  the 
proper  growth  and  nutrition  of  the  body 
and  supplies  the  first  basis  for  the  new 
tissues.  An  insufficient  supply  of  Calcarea 
phos.  results  in  defective  nutrition,  imper- 
fect growth  and  decay.  It  is  of  greatest 
importance  during  dentition,  in  young, 
rapidly  growing  children,  at  puberty,  in 
old  age  and  especially  after  acute  diseases, 


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drains  on  the  system  and  in  inherited  weak- 
ness and  disease  tendencies,  especially 
scrofulous  and  tuberculous  manifestations. 

SPECIAL  SYMPTOMS  CALLING  FOR  THE  USE  OF 
CALC.  PHOS.- — Head-.  Peevish  and  fretful 
state;  impaired  memory;  vertigo,  cold  feel- 
ing in  head;  headache,  about  puberty; 
in  infants,  bones  of  head  do  not  close; 
scalp  sore,  itches,  feels  cold. 

Eyes  and  Ears:  Scrofulous  inflammation 
of  eyes  with  spots  on  cornea;  eye-troubles 
in  school  children  and  at  the  time  of  pu- 
berty; cannot  use  eyes  by  gas  light;  twitch- 
ing of  lids;  bones  around  ear  aches;  ear 
feels  cold. 

Face:  Pimples;  complexion  sallow, 
greasy ;  face-ache. 

Mouth  and  Throat :  Bad  taste ;  teeth 
develop  slowly;  difficult  teething;  glands 
swollen;  chronic  enlargement  of  tonsils; 
relaxed  sore  throat;  sore  throat  with  pain 
on  swallowing;  constant  hawking. 


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Stomach;  Flatulence  and  heartburn; 
infant  wants  to  nurse  all  time ;  pains  after 
eating;  craving  for  salted  and  smoked  meat. 

Abdomen :  Stool  is  watery,  offensive, 
noisy;  summer  complaint;  pain  in  rectum; 
fistula. 

Urinary  and  Sexual:  Wetting  of  the  bed  ; 
incontinence  in  old  people ;  diabetes ;  gravel ; 
uterine  displacements, with  rheumatic  pains; 
menses  too  early  and  too  profuse.  After  pro- 
longed nursing,  leucorrhoea,  etc.,  it  acts  as 
a  constitutional  tonic. 

Respiratory:  Soreness  of  chest;  cough 
of  consumptives;  palpitation. 

Extremities:  Rheumatism;  numb,  cold 
limbs;  sore,  aching,  worse  any  change  of 
weather;  languor,  trembling  and  twitching: 
anemia  and  chlorosis;  rickets;  flabby,  ema- 
ciated, sickly,  ailing,  backward  children; 
polypi;  irregularity  in  development;  lum- 
bago, after  the  use  of  Ferrum  phos;  house- 
maid's knee;  bow-legs  in  children  and 
swelling  of  the  joints. 


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CORRESPONDING  HOMOEOPATHIC  REMEDIES. — 
China,  Ruta  and  Symphytum. 

As  a  remedy  for  the  aged,  Baryta  is  often 
more  valuable. 

In  children,  Calcar.  carb.  is  to  be  pre- 
ferred, when  they  are  fair,  plump,  sweat 
much,  with  cold,  damp  feet  much  of  the 
time. 

PREPARATION  AND  DOSE. — For  infants,  the 
best  preparation  is  the  third  trituration,  of 
which  one-quarter  of  a  teaspoonf  ul  may  be 
dissolved  in  the  milk  twice  a  day,  and  given 
thus  with  the  food.  This  may  be  continued 
throughout  the  teething  period.  For  all 
ordinary  purposes,  tablets  of  the  third  or 
sixth  potency,  given  three  times  a  day,  will 
be  found  effective.  For  old  patients,  the 
twelfth  potency  is  best. 

CALCAREA    SULPHTJRICA    (Gypsum). - 

This  salt  is  contained  in  the  connective  tis- 
sue and  it  stands  in  close  relation  to  sup- 
purations. It  cures  at  that  stage,  when 


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suppuration  continues  too  long.  The  pres- 
ence of  pus  with  a  vent  is  the  general  indi- 
cation. 

SPECIAL  INDICATIONS. — Head:  Scald  head 
of  children;  pimples  and  pustules  on  face; 
cold  in  head  with  thick  discharge;  edges  of 
nostrils  sore. 

Respiratory:  Cough  with  hectic  fever; 
obstinate  hoarseness;  bronchitis;  consump- 
tion; catarrh  with  thick,  lumpy,  pus-like 
secretions;  cough  with  herpetic  eruptions. 

Extremities:  Backache;  burning  itching 
of  soles;  herpetic  eruptions  all  over;  boils; 
carbuncles;  chilblains;  abscesses;  to  shorten 
the  suppurative  process;  felons,  ulcers,  with 
excessive  granulations. 

CORRESPONDING  HOMOEOPATHIC  REMEDIES. — 
Hepar  and  Silica. 

Calcar  sulph.  resembles  Ilepar,  but  acts 
deeper  and  more  intensely,  and  is  often 
useful  after  Hepar  has  ceased  to  act.  Silica 
is  preferable  in  glands  that  suppurate. 


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PREPARATION  AND  DOSE. — Tablets  of  the 
third  potency  every  two  hours  in  acute, 
and  three  times  a  day  in  chronic,  diseases. 

FERRUM  PHOSPHORICUM  (Phosphate  of 

Iron).  Iron  is  found  in  the  red  blood  cor- 
puscles most  abundantly,  but  is  contained 
also  in  every  cell.  A  disturbance  of  the 
equilibrium  of  the  iron  molecules  in  the 
muscular  fibres  causes  a  relaxed  condition, 
favoring  congestion  and  haemorrhage.  Iron 
restores  the  tone,  equalizes  the  circulation, 
and  abates  the  fever.  All  ailments  of  a 
congestive  nature,  especially  in  children 
who  are  dull  and  listless,  failing  appetite, 
lose  weight,  etc. 

Head  and  Face:  Rush  of  blood  to  head ; 
throbbing  headaches;  head  sore  to  touch, 
with  eyes  bloodshot,  red,  inflamed;  florid 
complexion;  hot,  red  face;  face-ache,  with 
flushed  face,  cheek  sore  and  hot;  cold  ap- 
plications are  grateful;  gums  hot;  teething 
troubles,  with  feverislmess. 


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Nose  and  Ears:  First  stage  of  all  colds; 
bleeding  from  nose;  noises  in  ears;  earache; 
deafness. 

Throat:  Throat  dry,  red,  inflamed,  pain- 
ful; first  stage  of  diphtheria  and  ulcerated 
throat. 

Gastric  symptoms:  Thirst;  vomiting  of 
food  and  blood;  undigested  stools;  haemor- 
rhoids arid  dysentery. 

Urinary  symptoms,  etc.:  Wetting  of  the 
bed ;  frequeiri  urination ;  menses  too  early, 
and  frequent,  and  profuse;  menstrual  colic, 

Respiratory  symptoms:  First  remedy  for 
colds  on  the  chest,  especially  in  children. 
Painful  cough  with  fever;  soreness  of  chest; 
cough  with  emission  of  urine;  cough  with 
bloody  expectoration;  bronchitis,  pleurisy 
and  pneumonia  in  the  first  stage;  croup; 
loss  of  voice;  hoarseness;  huskiness  after 
talking  or  singing;  whooping-cough  with 
vomiting;  palpitation. 

Back  and  Extremities:  Stiff  neck;  lum- 
bago; rheumatic  pains  anywhere,  that  are 


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worse    moving    and    better   from  warmth; 
acute  articular  rheumatism. 

CORRESPONDING  HOMOEOPATHIC  REMEDIES. — 
Aconite  and  Gelsernium: 

Aconite  has  more  restlessness,  tossing 
about  and  greater  fever. 

Gelsem.,  more   drowsiness    and  languor. 

In  anemic  conditions,  China  and  Calcar. 
phos. 

In  respiratory  troubles,  Bryonia  and 
Tartar  emetic  follow  often. 

PREPARATION  AND  DOSE. — The  best  pre- 
paration for  acute  conditions,  in  the  begin- 
ning of  all  acute  diseases,  is  the  third  trit- 
uration,  of  which  a  powder  size  of  a  bean 
should  be  dissolved  in  a  tumbler  half  full 
of  pure  cold  water,  a  teaspoonful  of  which 
may  be  taken  every  quarter,  half  or  hour, 
according  to  the  severity  of  the  symptoms. 
When  improvement  sets  in,  the  interval 
between  the  doses  may  be  lengthened. 
When  the  conditions  are  not  very  acute, 
tablets  of  the  sixth  potency  may  be  taken 
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KALI  MURIATICUM  (Chloride  of  Potash). 

This  salt  is  found  in  the  blood,  nerve  cells 
and  muscles.  It  stands  in  a  chemical 
relation  to  fibrin  and  corresponds  to  the 
second  stage  of  all  inflammations.  Croup- 
ous  and  diphtheritic  membranes,  lymphatic 
enlargements,  discharges  and  expectora- 
tions of  thick,  whitish  matter.  The  prin- 
cipal indications  for  the  drug  are  such  dis- 
charges and  white,  greyish  coating  of  the 
tongue.  The  efficacy  of  this  remedy  is  de- 
monstrated in  chronic  catarrhal  conditions, 
croup,  diphtheria,  dysentery,  pneumonia. 
In  alternation  with  Ferr.  pJios.  in  coughs, 
deafness  from  catarrh  of  the  eustachian 
tubes,  skin  eruptions  with  small  vesicles 
containing  yellowish  secretions,  ulcerations 
with  swellings  and  white  exudations;  in 
leucorrhoea  with  characteristic  discharge, 
etc.  Symptoms  in  general  are  worse  from 
motion;  the  gastric  and  abdominal  being 
worse  after  taking  pastry,  rich  and  fatty 
foods. 


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Head  symptoms:  '  Sick  headache;  dand- 
ruff and  eruptions  on  scalp;  chronic  dis- 
charge from  ears;  deafness  and  earache; 
noises  in  ears;  stuffy  colds;  thrush,  canker 
and  rawness  of  mouth ;  tongue  coated  gray- 
ish, white  and  slimy. 

Throat:  It  is  useful  in  most  cases  of 
diphtheria  and  specific  for  diphtheritic  sore 
throat;  pharyngitis,  tonsilitis;  chronic  sore 
throat  with  deafness. 

Gastric  Symptoms:  Dyspepisa  with  a 
whitish  gray  tongue  after  rich  food;  vomi- 
ting of  white  mucus;  jaundice,  sluggish 
action  of  liver;  constipation  with  furred 
tongue;  abdomen  tender;  diarrhoea  after 
fatty  food;  piles,  especially  bleeding,  dysen- 
tery. 

Urinary  and  Sexual  Organs:  Inflamma- 
tion of  bladder;  dark  colored  urine,  with 
sandy  deposit;  Urethritis,  menses  too  late, 
leucorrhoea,  thick  and  bland;  ulceration  of 
womb;  morning  sickness,  and  inflammation 
of  the  breast. 


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Respiratory  Organs:  Loss  of  voice;  asth- 
ma, cough,  with  thick,  whitish  expectora- 
tion, croup,  pleurisy  and  pneumonia  after 
Ferrum  phos. 

Back  and  Extremities:  Rheumatism  with 
swelling  around  joints;  rheumatic  pains  felt 
only  during  motion,  or  at  night  in  bed; 
epilepsy. 

Skin:  Abscesses,  boils,  carbuncles,  acne, 
eczema,  burns,  cold  sores,  pimples,  pustules, 
warts,  etc.,  all  require  a  course  of  Kali  mur., 
chief  remedy  in  glandula  swellings,  old 
spasmodic  conditions. 

PREPARATION  AND  DOSE.  This  remedy  acts 
better  in  the  lower  potencies,  from  2x  to  Gx. 
In  diphtheria  and  kindred  affections  it 
should  be  given  ten  to  fifteen  grains  in  one- 
half  glass  water  every  hour.  Locally  it 
should  be  applied  on  lint  dressing. 

CORRESPONDING  HOMOEOPATHIC  REMEDIES.— 
Bryonia,  Mercurius  and  Sulphur.  Like 
Sulphur,  it  is  a  deep  acting  remedy  with 
eradicating  tendencies,  useful  as  an  inter- 


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current    medicine    in    the    treatment    of 
chronic  diseases. 

KALI  PHOSPHORICUM  (Phosphate  of  Pot- 

ash). — This  salt  is  a  constituent  of  all  ani- 
mal fluids  and  tissues,  notably  of  the  brain 
nerves,  muscles  and  blood.  It  is  an  anti 
septic  and  hinders  the  decay  of  tissues: 
Nervous  conditions  known  as  neurasthenic, 
is  the  field  in  which  this  salt  has  become 
pre-eminent.  The  results  of  a  want  of 
nerve  power,  as  prostration,  exertion,  loss 
of  mental  vigor,  depression,  brain-fag, 
softening  of  the  brain,  and  when  there  is 
rapid  decomposition  of  the  blood.  It  is 
curative  in  septic  hemorrhages,  scorbutic 
gangrene,  stomatitis,  offensive  carrion-like 
diarrhoea  or  dysentery,  adynamic  or  typ- 
hoid conditions,  incontinence  of  urine, 
urticaria,  predisposition  to  epistaxisin  child- 
ren, dizziness  and  vertigo  from  nervous 
exhaustion;  tongue  coated  as  if  spread  with 
dark  liquid  mustard.  Many  symptoms  are 
aggravated  by  noise ;  by  rising  from  a  sit- 


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ting  position;  by  exertion,  physical  and 
mental;  pains  worse  in  cold  air;  ameliorated 
by  gentle  motion,  eating,  excitement,  any- 
thing in  fact  that  will  relieve  the  mind  and 
aid  in  restoring  the  lacking  nerve  force. 
Typhoid  and  gastric  fever,  malignant  con- 
ditions. 

Head  8ymptorns:  Nervous  dread,  anx- 
iety and  fear;  brain-fag;  depressed  spirits; 
general  irritability;  impaired  memory;  dul- 
ness,  want  of  energy,  hysteria,  nervousness 
and  weakness;  headaches  of  students  and 
those  worn  out;  very  sensitive  to  noise  and 
other  impressions;  confused  feeling — here 
follow  with  Calc  fluor.,  second  trituration. 

Gastric:  Tongue  dry ;  feels  as  if  it  would 
cleave  to  roof  of  mouth ;  coated  dark  brown ; 
edges  sore  and  red;  bleeding  of  gums; 
hungry  feeling;  all  gone  sensation;  con- 
stant pain  in  pit  of  stomach;  ^j^ulence; 
diarrhoea,  rectum  sore,  bowel  prolapsed; 
stools  dark  brown,  bloody,  offensive. 

Back  and  Extremities:  Paralytic  condi- 
tions; burning  of  feet,  fidgety  feeling, 


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numbness  and  weakness;  Neuralgic  pains 
anywhere  with  depression ;  weakness,  scia- 
tica; cold  aggravates  all  pains. 

Respiratory  Organs:  Short  breath,  hoarse- 
ness, faintness;  intermittent  and  irregular 
pulse,  palpitation. 

Urinary  Organs:  In  wetting  of  the  bed 
of  children,  this  remedy  is  often  effective 
when  other  remedies  fail.  Frequent  uri- 
nation in  old  people;  diabetes  with  nervous 
weakness;  Bright's  disease.  Menses  prema- 
lure  and  profuse,  black  and  offensive;  dull 
headache  with  menses,  very  tired  and 
sleepy,  legs  ache;  pain  in  ovaries  and  across 
lower  part  of  back;  yellow  leucorrhoea. 

PREPARATION  AND  DOSE.  The  lower  po- 
tencies seem  to  work  best.  Either  the 
third  and  sixth,  or  even  the  second  tritu- 
ration  will  answer  all  purposes.  For  acute 
Conditions,  take  a  powder,  size  of  a  lima 
bean  and  dissolve  in  half  a  tumbler  of 
water,  'and  take  teaspoonful  doses  every 
hour.  For  more  chronic  conditions,  take  one 


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tablet  of  the  third  potency  four  times  a 
day. 

CORRESPONDING  HOMOEOPATHIC  REMEDIES. — 
Rhus  and  Phosphorus,  Pulsatilla  and  Igna- 
tia.  The  nearest  analogue  is  Rhus,  for  the 
symptoms  depending  on  blood  changes, 
while  Phosphorus  is  more  like  it  in  the 
nervous  diseases.  As  a  nerve  sedative, 
Kali  phos.  corresponds  with  Ignatia  and 
Coffea.  In  menstrual  headaches  Gelsemium 
Pulsatilla  and  Cirnicifuga. 

KALI  SULPHURICUM  (Sulphate  of  Potash). 

The  skin  and  mucus  membrane  is  largely 
under  the  influence  of  this  salt.  It  is 
especially  called  for  in  the  late  stages  of  all 
inflammations.  In  profuse  desquamation. 
In  all  conditions  accompanied  by  a  yellow 
mucous  discharge  or  caused  by  suppression 
of  eruptions  or  discharge.  When  the  pa- 
tient is  worse  towards  evening  and  better 
in  the  open  air. 

Head:  Dizziness  arid  headache,  worse  in 
warm  room  and  in  the  evening;  dandruff 


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and  scaldhead;  eruptions  on  scalp;  colds, 
with  yellow,  slimy  matter;  old  catarrhs, 
nose  obstructed  lost  smell;  offensive  dis- 
charge. 

Gastric  Symptoms:  Burning  thirst;  cat- 
arrh of  stomach  with  yellow,  slimy  coated 
tongue;  pressure  as  of  a  load  in  stomach; 
dread  of  hot  drinks;  yellow,  slimy  diarrhoea, 
with  colic;  habitual  constipation. 

Urinary  and  Sexual:  Slimy,  yellow  or 
greenish  discharge  from  urethra  or  from 
vagina. 

Respiratory  Organs:  Bronchial  asthma 
and  catarrh,  worse  in  warm  season;  cough 
worse  in  the  evening;  great  rattling  in  the 
chest;  rattling  of  mucus  with  cough;  suffo- 
cative  feeling  in  hot  atmosphere;  desire  for 
cool  air. 

Extremities :  Rheumatic  pains  in  back 
and  extremities,  shifting,  wandering,  set- 
tling in  one  place,  then  in  another. 

Skin:  Inactive  skin;  chafing  of  skin; 
scaly  tetters;  ivy-poison;  nettle  rash;  burn- 


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ing,  itching  eruptions;  diseased  nails;  ery- 
sipelas; eczema  and  cancerous  growth; 
polypi. 

PREPARATION  AND  DOSE. — When  used  ex- 
ternally for  dandruff  and  skin,  use  the  first 
trituration  dissolved  in  water,  one  tea- 
spoonful  to  one  pint.  Internally,  tablets  of 
the  sixth  every  three  hours  will  meet  most 
conditions. 

CORRESPONDING  HOMOEOPATHIC  REMEDIES. — 
Pulsatilla  is  the  nearest  analogue.  Kali 
sulph.  often  follows  very  advantageously 
Kali  mur.  and  Pulsatilla. 

MAGNESIA  PHOSPHORICA  (Phosphate  of 

Magnesia).- — -This  salt  is  a  constituent  of 
muscles  and  nerves.  It  causes  contraction 
in  muscular  fibres  and  hence  its  use  in 
cramps,  convulsions  and  other  nervous  dis- 
turbances. Pains  anywhere  that  are  re- 
lieved by  warmth  and  pressure.  It  is  the 
great  antispasmodic  remedy. 

Head:  Pain  in  head  always  relieved  by 
warm  applications;  neuralgia  with  chilli- 


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ness  after  mental  labor;  neuralgia  around 
eyes,  worse  on  right  side;  earache  worse 
from  cold  air  or  caused  by  washing  in  cold 
water;  faceache,  worse  touch,  cold  wind, 
washing,  better  by  application  of  heat; 
convulsive  twitching  of  facial  muscles  or 
eyelids;  toothache;  complaints  of  teething 
children,  especially  spasmodic  symptoms. 

Gastric  Symptoms:  Hiccough,  heartburn, 
gastralgia, flatulent  dyspepsia;  flatulent  colic 
relieved  by  warmth  and  pressure ;  abdomen 
bloated;  watery  diarrhoea  with  cramps; 
constipation  of  infants,  with  spasmodic  pain 
at  every  attempt  at  stool  with  much  gas. 

Female  Symptoms:  Menstrual  colic;  pain 
precedes  flow;  intermittent;  ovarian  neu- 
ralgia; membranous  discharge  with  menses; 
menses  too  early,  dark,  fibrous. 

Respiratory  Organs:  Whooping  cough, 
best  remedy;  any  spasmodic  cough,  worse 
at  night  and  on  lying  down;  oppression  of 
chest;  constriction  of  chest  and  throat; 
.angina  pectoris;  nervous  palpitation. 


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Back  and  Extremities:  Neuralgic  pains; 
intercostal  neuralgia:  tingling  sensations; 
feet  very  tender;  cramps  in  calves;  neural- 
gia in  limbs  with  muscular  contractions; 
languid  and  exhausted  feeling;  chorea;  bad 
effects  from  stimulants. 

PREPARATION  AND  DOSE. — This  remedy 
acts  best  when  given  in  hot  water.  Dissolve 
a  powder  of  the  third  trituration  in  a  cup 
of  hot  water  and  drink  while  warm.  In 
severe  pain  it  may  be  advisable  to  use  the 
first  or  second  trituration  in  the  same  way. 
For  colic  in  infants,  the  thirtieth  potency 
given  in  hot  water  acts  best. 

CORRESPONDING  HOMOEOPATHIC  REMEDIES. — 
The  most  striking  resemblance  of  its  action 
is  to  Colocynthis  which  may  be  used  with  it 
in  colic  and  neuralgic  affections.  In  spas- 
modic symptoms,  Belladonna  is  similar.  In 
female  complaints,  it  is  very  similar  to 
Puhatilla  and  Oimicifuga 

NATRUM  MURIATICUM  (Chloride  of  Sodi- 
um or  Common  Salt). — This  is  a  constituent 


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of  every  liquid  and  solid  of  the  body.  It 
regulates  the  degree  of  moisture  within  the 
cells.  Wherever  we  find  a  hypersecretion 
of  the  watery  elements  of  the  body,  with 
simultaneous  want  of  activity  in  some 
other  portion  of  the  mucous  membranes, 
you  will  find  Natrum  mur.  the  remedy.  It 
acts  upon  the  lymphatic  system,  the  blood, 
liver,  spleen,  and  upon  the  mucous  lining 
of  the  alimentary  canal.  Natrum  mur.  is 
indicated  in  headache,  toothache,  faceache, 
stomachache,  etc.,  where  there  is  either 
salivation  or  hypersecretion  of  tears,  or 
vomiting  of  water  and  mucus;  also  catar- 
rhal  affections  of  mucous  membranes,  with 
secretion  of  transparent,  watery,  frothy 
mucus;  also  small  watery  blisters,  breaking 
and  leaving  a  thin  crust;  diarrhoea,  trans- 
parent, glossy,  slimy  stools;  conjunctivitis 
with  discharge  of  tears  and  clear  mucus; 
tongue  clear,  slimy,  small  bubbles  of  frothy 
saliva  on  sides;  leucorrhoea,  watery,  smart- 
ing or  clear,  starch-like  discharge,  etc.,  etc. 


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Head:  Very  depressed  in  spirit,  hypo- 
chondriacal  mood  with  constipation,  and 
brain-fag;  hammering  headache  worse  in 
morning;  sick  headache  with  constipation; 
muscles  of  neck  feel  weak;  itching  erup- 
tion on  margin  of  hair  at  the  nape  of  neck ; 
inflamed. eyelids;  neuralgia  around  eyes; 
impaired  vision;  old  nasal  catarrh;  loss  of 
smell  and  taste;  sallow  complexion;  cold 
sores  on  lips. 

Gastric  symptoms :  Waterbrash ;  raven- 
ous hunger,  violent  thirst;  aversion  to 
bread;  heartburn;  offensive  breath;  con- 
stipation, smarting  after  stool;  piles  and 
fissures. 

Urinary:  Frequent  urination;  catarrh  of 
bladder;  burning  and  soreness  in  vagina 
after  urinating;  very  melancholic  about  the 
time  of  menses;  prolapse  and  smarting  leu- 
corrhoea. 

Back  and  Extremities:  Backache  better 
by  lying  on  something  hard;  pain  in  hip; 
weakness  of  legs;  cracking  of  joints. 


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PREPARATION  AND  DOSE.— General  experi- 
ence has  taught  that  the  best  results  are 
obtained  when  given  in  the  higher  poten- 
cies, 30x  to  200,  although  some  advocate 
the  3x  and  6x  potencies.  For  general  use, 
it  is  best  to  begirt  with  the  sixth  potency, 
and  if,  improvement  does  not  soon  show 
itself,  give  the  thirtieth,  a  dose  night  and 
morning.  Locally  for  stings  and  as  a  gar- 
gle, the  crude  salt  or  first  trituration  may 
be  used. 

CORRESPONDING  HOMOEOPATHIC  REMEDIES. — 
Sepia  arid  Sulphur. — These  frequently  are 
of  service  after  Natrum  mur.  For  the  ill- 
effects  of  excessive  use  of  salt  in  food,  give 

Phosphorus  30. 
> 

NATRUM  PHOSPHORICUM  (Phosphate  of 

soda)- — This  salt  is  found  in  the  blood,  mus- 
cles and  nerve  cells  and  in  the  inter-cellu- 
lar fluids.  Through  its  presence,  condi- 
tions arising  from  excess  of  lactic  acid  are 
prevented.  It  serves  to  emulsify  fatty 
acids  and  is  therefore  a  remedy  for  all  dys- 


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peptic  conditions  traceable  to  fats.  This 
is  the  remedy  in  all  cases  where  there  is  an 
excess  of  acidity.  Acts  also  upon  the  bow- 
els, glands,  lungs  and  abdominal  organs.  It 
cures  sour  belchings  arid  rising  of  fluids; 
sour  vomiting;  greenish,  sour-smelling 
diarrhoea,  colic,  spasms,  fever  from  acidity 
of  the  stomach  in  children;  ague  with 
characteristic  coating  of  tongue;  eyes  dis- 
charging a  yellow  creamy  matter;  gastric 
derangements  with  acidity  and  flatulence; 
indigestion,  intestinal  worms,  etc.  A  cha- 
racteristic indication  is  a  moist,  thick,  gold- 
en-yellow coating  on  the  tongue  and  palate. 

Head:  Giddiness,  with  gastric  derange- 
ments; sick  headaches  with  sour  vomiting. 

Gastric:  Yellow,  creamy  coating  at  the 
back  part  of  roof  of  mouth  and  on  tongue; 
grinding  of  teeth.  Acidity,  sour  risings; 
pain  after  food;  nausea  and  vomiting; 
flatulence,  colic  with  acidity;  stomach-ache 
from  presence  of  worms;  itching  of  rectum. 

Respiratory.  A  useful  intercurrent  rem- 
edy in  catarrhal  troubles  associated  with 


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acidity.  Pain  in  chest  from  pressure  and 
breathing;  consumption;  palpitation,  pulse 
felt  in  different  parts  of  body. 

Back  and  Extremities ;  Weak  feeling; 
legs  give  way  while  walking;  pain  in 
knees  and  ankles;  aching  wrists. 

PREPARATION  OF  DOSE.- — The  best  general 
preparation  are  tablets  of  the  sixth  tritura- 
tion.  For  children,  pellets  of  the  thirtieth 
potency  have  been  found  very  efficacious. 

CORRESPONDING  HOMOEOPATHIC  REMEDIES. — 
Calcar.  carb.  and  Rheum,  especially  for 
children  where  there  is  much  acid  condi- 
tion of  stomach  and  bowels. 

NATRUM  SULPHURICUM  (Glauber's  Salt). 

This  salt  does  not  appear  in  the  cells, 
only  in  the  inter-cellular  fluids.  It  aids 
and  regulates  the  excretion  of  superfluous 
water.  Gastric  bilious  conditions,  dropsy, 
liver  diseases,  results  of  living  in  damp,  low 
dwellings  or  regions,  uric  acid  diathesis, 
all  are  benefited  by  this  remedy.  The 


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chief  characteristic  symptom  is  the  appear- 
ance of  the  tongue — dirty,  greenish  brown. 

Head  :  Sick  headache  with  bilious  diar- 
rhoea; violent  pain  at  base  of  brain;  mental 
troubles  arising  from  injuries  to  the  head. 

Gastric:  Bitter  taste;  mouth  *  full  of 
slime,  thick  and  tenacious,  must  hawk  it 
up;  tongue  coated  dirty,  brownish,  vomi- 
ting of  bile ;  flatulent  colic,  diarrhoea,  stools 
dark,  bilious,  worse  in  morning,  particu- 
larly after  wet  weather;  great  size  of  the 
foscal  mass;  aching  in  region  of  liver. 

Urinary.  Chief  remedy  in  diabetes; 
sandy  deposit  in  urine  like  brick-dust  in 
the  water. 

Respiratory.  Asthma,  worse  in  damp 
weather,  cough  with  thick,  ropy  expectora- 
tion; bronchial  catarrh;  cough  worse  in 
early  morning;  difficult  breathing;  asthma 
in  children  from  suppression  of  skin 
troubles. 

Back  and  Extremities:  Soreness  up  and 
down  spine  and  back;  drawing  back  of 


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neck;  pain  under  nails;  sciatica;  gout; 
twitching  during  sleep;  intermittent  fever 
in  all  its  stages;  dropsy. 

PREPARATION  AND  DOSE. — Use  the  third 
trituration  in  tablets,  one  every  three  hours^ 

CORRESPONDING  HOMCEOPATHIC  REMEDIES.— 
Thuja  and  Sulphur.- — In  the  cough,  Bryo- 
nia,  but  this  is  indicated  rather  earlier  in 
chest  affections  than  Natrum  sulph.\  and 
hence  the  latter  often  follows  it  advan- 
tageously. 

SILICA  (Pure  Quartz).'— This  salt,  though 
very  abundantly  found  in  the  vegetable 
kingdom,  is  found  only  in  the  connective 
tissue  to  any  extent.  It  acts  prominently 
upon  the  bones,  glands,  skin,  and  is  espe- 
cially suited  to  the  imperfectly  nourished 
constitutions.  It  is  the  remedy  for  ail- 
ments attended  with  pus-formation.  It 
ripens  abscesses  and  promotes  suppuration. 
Especially  indicated  in  sensitive  patients^ 
who  are  always  chilly. 


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Head;  Oversensitive,  irritable  -  vertigo ; 
headache  coming  up  from  nape  of  neck, 
worse  on  right  side,  worse  from  noise,  exer- 
tion, light,  study ;  better  from  warmth ;  styes. 

Gastric:  Child  vomits  as  soon  as  it 
nurses;  chronic  dyspepsia;  disgust  for 
meat  and  warm  food;  very  hungry;  large 
abdomen;  paralytic  condition  of  bowels; 
patient  is  cold  all  the  time;  menses  are 
associated  with  icy  coldness  and  constipa- 
tion, and  fetid  foot-sweat. 

Respiratory:  Cough  of  sickly  children, 
with  night-sweats;  hoarseness;  tickling 
cough;  cough  and  sore  throat,  with  expec- 
toration of  little  granules;  smelling  badly; 
deep-seated  pain  in  chest;  much  pus -like 
expectoration;  chronic  heart  disease. 

Back  and  Extremities:  Spinal  irritation; 
soreness  between  shoulders;  hip-joint  dis- 
ease; whitlow,  felon;  nails  crippled  and 
brittle;  habitual  fetid  perspiration  of  the 
feet  or  axillae;  ingrowing  toe-nails;  pains 
in  feet;  weak  ankles;  skin  heals  with  diffi- 


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eulty,  and  suppurates  easily;  skin  very  sen- 
sitive; all  sorts  of  eruptions  and  ulcerations; 
enlarged  suppurating  glands;  patient  feels 
better  in  warm  room,  and  by  heat  generally. 

PREPARATION  AND  DOSE.  —  In  scrofulous 
and  glandular  affections,  use  tablet  of  the 
third  trituration  every  four  hours.  In  sup- 
purations, the  sixth  and  twelfth  tritura- 
tions  are  the  best.  Dissolve  in  water,  and 
take  a  dose  every  two  hours.  For  chronic 
affections,  the  thirtieth  night  and  morning. 
A  very  excellent  preparation  is  the  Silica 
obtained  from  the  bamboo;  it  seems  to  act 
more  quickly,  and  is  especially  indicated 
in  acute  diseases.  Here  use  Bamboo  Silica 
6x,  a  dose  every  two  hours. 

CORRESPONDING  HOMOEOPATHIC  REMEDIES. — 
Mercurius  and  Pulsatilla,  Picric  acid.  In 
suppuration,  Calcar.  sulph.  is  better  adapted 
to  checking  it  and  healing,  promoting 
healthy  granulation.  It  follows  Silica. 
Silica  often  follows  very  advantageously, 
Pulsatilla  and  Calcarea. 


REPERTORY  OR  INDEX 

To  the  Chief  Symptoms  of  the 

TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 


flental  States. 

Ambitionless,  Natr.  phos. 

Angry,  Nat.  mur. 

Apprehensive,  .Kali  phos. 

Anxiety,  Gale,  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

Brainfag,  Kali  phos.,  Silica. 

Changeable  mood,  Calc.  sulph. 

Confused  feeling,  Calc.fluor. 

Crying  mood,  Kali  phos. 

Depressed  mood,  Natr.  mur. 

Despairs  getting  well,   Natr.  sulph. 

Despondency,  Kali  phos. 

Difficult  thought,  Silica. 

Dread,  nervous,  Kali  phos. 

Fear  of  falling,  Kali  sulph. 

Fear  of  financial  ruin,  Calc.fluor. 

Forgetful,  Calc.  p/ios. 

Fretful,  Kali  phos. 

Hallucinations,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 

Indifference,  Fernmi  phos. 

Indecision,  Calc.  fluor. 

Insanity,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

Melancholia,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

Night  terrors,  Kali  phos. 

Over-sensitive,  Silica,  Kali.  phos. 


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"Passionate  outbursts,  Nat.  mur. 
Sadness,  Nat.  mur. 
Screaming,  Kali  phos. 
Sighing,  Nat.  mur. 
Slow  comprehension,  Calc.  plios. 
Suicidal  tendency,  Nat.  sulph. 
Whining,  Rail  phos. 

Head. 

Bald  spots,  Kali  sulph. 
Brain-fag,  Silica,  Kali  phos. 
Burning  on  top,  Nat.  Sulph. 
Cold  feeling,  Calc.  phos. 
Congestive  headache,  Ferr.  phos 
Dandruff,  Kali  sulph. ,  Nat.  mur. 
Effects  of  injuries  to,  Nat.  sulph, 
Falling  out  of  hair,  Kali  sulph. 
Fontanelles  unclosed,  Calc.  plios. 
Headache,  menstrual,   Nat.  mur. 
"          sick,  Nat.  sulph. 

congestive,  Ferr.  phos. 
Lumps  on  scalp,  Silica. 
Soreness  to  touch,  Ferr.  phos. 
Sunstroke,  Nat.  mur. 
Sweat  on  head,  Calc.  phos.,  Silica. 
Throbbing,  Ferr.  phos. 
Vertigo,  old  age,  Calc.  phos. 

"        with  bile,  Nat.  sulph. 
Yellow  crusts  on  scalp,  Calc.  sulph 

Eyes. 

Agglutination  of  lids,  Nat.  phos. 
Asthenopia,  Nat.  mur. 
Black  spots  before,  Kali  phos. 
Blisters  on,  Nat.  mur. 


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Blood  shot,  Nat.  pJws. 
Burning  of  lids,  Nat.  sulph. 
Conjunctivitis,  Ferr.  phos.,  Nat,  plios, 
Dull  vision,  Nat.  phos. 
Eye-ball,  sore,  Ferr.  phos. 
Eyelids,  granular,  Nat.  mur. 
Pupils  contracted,  Magms.  phos. 
Redness,  Ferr.  phos.  Nat.  mur.' 
Styes,  Silica . 

Ears. 

Aching  around,  Calc.  phos. 
Buzzing  in,  Kali  phos. 
Catarrh,  Kali  mur. 
Deafness,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali.  muf. 
Discharge  from,  Kali  phos,  Silica. 
Earache,  Ferr.  phos. ,  Magnes. phos, 
Noises  in,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Kinging,  as  of  bells,  Nat.  sulph< 

Nose. 

Bleeding,  Ferr.  phos. 
Catarrh,  Kali  mur. 

"      old,  chronic,  Nat.  mur.,  Silica. 
Colds,  Ferr.  phos. 

"       stuffy,  Kali  sulph.,  NaL  mitr, 
Crusts,  Kali  mur.,  Silica. 
Discharge,  acrid,  Silica. 

'  clear,  Nat.  mur. 

1  fetid,  Kali  phos. 

1  greenish,  Kali  sulph. 

•  thick,  Calc.  fluor.,  Kali  sulph. 

*  yellow,  Nat.  phos 
Dry  coryza,  Calc.fluor.,  Kali  mur. 
Hay-fever,  Nat.  mur.,  Silica. 


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Influenza,  Nat.  sulph. 

Loss  of  smell,  Nat  mur. 

Nostrils,  sore,  Calc.  phos. 

Odor,  offensive,  Kaliphos^  Calc  fluor. 

Pimples  on  nose,  Nat.  mur. 

Posterior  nares,  dry,  Not.  mur. 

11  "      hawking  from,  Kali  phos. 

Predisposition  to  take  cold,  Gale.  phos. 
Running  colds,  Nat.  mur. 
Sneezing,  Kali  phos.,  Silica. 

Face. 

Acne,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 

Blotched,  Nat. phos. 

Cold  sores,  Nat.  mur.,  Calc.  fluor. 

Eruptions,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  sulph* 

Greasy,  Calc.  phos. 

Jaundiced,  Nat.  sulph. 

Pale,  Nat.  mur.,  Calc.  phos. 

Red,  Ferr.  phos. 

Sallow,  Nat.  sulph. 

Face-ache,  Magnes.  phos,,  Ferr.  phos. 

Hot,  Ferr.  phos. 

Yellowish,  Nat.  sulph. 

flouth. 

Aphtha),  Kali  mur. 

Breath,  offensive,  Kali  phos.,  Nat.  mur. 

Cold-sores,  Nat.  mur.,  Calc.  fluor. 

Drooling,  Nat.  mur. 

Gumboil,  Kali  mur. 

Gums,  spongy,  Kali  phos. 

Lips,  crack,  Nat.  mur. 

Salivation,  Nat.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

Twitching,  Magnes.  phos. 

Ulcers  in,  Kali  mur. 


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Tongue  and  Taste. 

Acrid  taste,  Nat.  phos. 

Bitter  taste,  Nat.  sulph. 

Blisters  on  tongue,  Nat.  mur. 

Brown  tongue,  Kali  phos.,  Nat.  sulph. 

Creamy  tongue,  Nat.  phos. 

Frothy  tongue,  Nat.  mur. 

Slimy  tongue,  Kali  sulph. 

Cracked  tongue,  Calc.  fluor. 

Dry  tongue,  Kali  phos. 

Flabby  tongue,  Calc.  sulph. 

Loss  of  taste,  Nat.  mur. 

Mapped  tongue,  Nat.  mur. 

Numb  tongue,  Gale.  phos. 

Sour  taste,  Calc.  sulph. 

Ulcers  on  tongue,  Silica,  Kali  mur. 

Teeth  and  Gums. 

Complaints  during  teething,  Calc.  phos. 
Convulsions  during  teething,  Mag.  phos. 
Decay  of  teeth,  Calc.  phos. 
Dental  fistula,  Silica. 
Drooling,  Nat.  mur. 
Enamel,  deficient,  Calc.fluor. 
Grinding  of  teeth,  Nat,  phos. 
Gums,  bleed  easily,  Nat.  mur. 

"       inflamed,  Calc.  phos. 

"       sensitive,  Nat.  mur. 
Gumboil,  Kali  mur. 

"        hard,  swollen,  Calc.fluor. 
"        suppurating,  Calc.  sulph. 
Looseness  of  teeth,  Calc.  fluor. 

Throat. 

Burning,  Ferr.phos. 

Choking  sensation,  Magnes.  phos. 


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Chronic  sore,  Nat.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 

Dryness,  Nat.  mur. 

Clergyman's,  Cole.  phos. 

Constriction,  Magnes.  phos. 

Croup  and  Diphtheria,  Ferr.  phos..  Kali  mur. 

Dry  throat,  Ferr.  phos. 

Feeling  of  lump,  Nat.  sulph. 

Follicular  pharyngitis,  Kali  mur.,  Nat.  mur. 

Glands,  swollen,  Kali  mur. 

"         suppurating,  Silica. 
Goitre,  Calc.fluor. 
Mumps,  Kali  mur.,  Nat.  mur. 
Posterior  nares  dropping,  Nat,  phos. 
Relaxed  sore  throat,  Gale.  phos. 

11        uvula,  Nat.  mur. 
Ulcerated  sore  throat,  Kali  mur. 
Uvula,  elongated,  Nat.  mur. 

Gastric  Symptoms. 

Acids,  sensitive  to,  Magnes.  phos. 
Acidity,  Nat.  phos. 

Appetite,  loss  of,  Kali  mur.,  Gale.  phos. 
Aversion  to  bread,  Nat.  mur. 

"        *'  hot  drinks,  Kali  sulph. 
"        "  meat,  Ferr.  jrfios.,  Silica. 
"         "  milk,  Ferr.phvs. 
"        "  warm  food,  Silica. 
Biliousness,  Nat.  sulph. 
Burning  in  stomach,  Kali  sulph. 
Desire  for  bacon,   Gale.  phos. 
"         "  bitter  things,  Nat.  mur* 
"         "  claret,  Gale,  sulph. 
"   fruit,  Gale,  sulph. 
11        "   ham,  Gale.  phos. 
Desire  for  salted  food,  Gale.  phos. 


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Desire  for  stimulants,  Ferr.  phos. 

*'         "    sugar,  Magnes.  phos. 
Empty,  gone  feeling,  Kali  phos. 
Eructations,  bitter,  Kali  phos. 
"  sour,  Nat.  phos. 

t(          burning,  Magnes.  phos. 
"          gaseous,  Kali  phos. ,  Gale.  phos. 

greasy,  Ferr.  phos. 
Excessive  hunger,  Silica. 
Faintness  at  stomach,  Kali  sulph. 
Flatulence,  Calc.  phos. 

'*        with  palpitation,  Kali  phos. 
"  "    sluggish  liver,  Nat.  sulph. 

"  acidity,  Nat.  phos. ,  Calc.  phos * 
teastritis,  Ferr.  phos. 
Gastralgia,  Magnes.  phos. 
Heartburn,  Nat.  mur.,  Silica. 
Hiccough,  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  fiuor. 
Hunger,  excessive,  Silica,  Kali  phos, 
Nausea,  Kali  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Nausea  and  vomiting,  Magnes  phos. 
Nausea  and  vertigo,  Calc.  sulph. 
Pain  after  food,  Nat.  phos.,  Calc.  phos* 
Pain  at  pit  of  stomach,  Kali  phos. 
Regurgitation,  Magnes.  phos. 
Thirst,  burning,  Kali  sulph. 
Vomiting  acid,  Nat.  phos. 

11        after  cold  water,  Calc.  phos. 

"        before  breakfast,  Ferr.  phos. 

V        bile,  Nat.  sulph. 

V        blood,  Ferr.  phos. 

V        coffee-grounds,  Nat.  mur. 

"        after  nursing,  Silica. 

4<        infantile,  Calc.  phos. 


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Vomiting  mucus,  Nat.  mur. 
Waterbrash,  Nat.phos.,  Kaliphos. 

Abdomen  and  Stool. 

Abdomen  feels  cold,  Kali  sulph. 
"         swollen,  Kaliphos. 
"         sunken,  Calc.  phos. 
"         tender,  Kali  mur. 
"         tympanitic,  Kali  sulph. 
Anus,  fissures,  Silica. 
"       fistula,  Calc.  phos. 
"      eruption  around,  Nat.  mur. 
"      abscesses  around,  Calc.  sulph. 
"      prolapse,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kaliphos. 
11      warts,  Nat.  sulph. 
Burning  pain,  Nat.  mur. 
Colic,  Magnes.  plios. 
"      lead,  Nat.  sulph. 
11      infantile,  Calc.  pJios. 
Congestion  of  liver,  Nat.  sulph. 
Constipation,  alternating  with  diarrhoea,  Nat.  mur. 
"  with  furred  tongue,  Kali  m,ur. 

"  habitual,  Kali  sulph. 

11  infantile,  Magnes.  phos. 

*'  in  aged,  Ca'c.  phos. 

Cramps,  Magnes.  plws. 
Diarrhoea,  from  fatty  food,  Kali  mur. 
"  in  wet  weather,  Nat.  sulph. 

"  from  fruit,  Calc.  phos. 

"  bilious,   Nat.  sulph. 

•    "  from  chill,  Ferr.  phos. 

11  from  fright,  Rali  phos. 

'*  foul,  putrid,  Kaliphos. 

"  green,  Nat.phos. 

'*  involuntary,  Nat.  mur. 


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Diarrhoea^  painless,  Kali  phos. 
"  slimy,  Kali  sulph. 

undigested,  Ferr.  phos. 
watery,  Nat.  mur.,  Magnes.  phos* 
*'  white  stools,  Nat. phos. 

yellow  stools,  Kali  sulph. 
Dysentery,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Gallstones,  Calc.  phos. 

"  colic,  Magnes.  phos. 

Haemorrhoids,  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.fluor. 
Itching  of  anus,  Nat.  phos. 
Jaundice,  Kali  mur.,  Nat.  sulph. 
Liver,  torpid,  Kali  mur. 
"       congested,  Nat.  sulph. 
"       painful,  Calc.  sulph. 
"       soreness,  Nat.  sulph. 
Marasmus,  Calc.  phos. 
Rectum,  stitches  in,  Nat.  mur. 

"         prolapse  of,  Calc.  sulph. ,  Kali  phos. 
Worms,  Nat.  phos. 

"        thread,  Ferr.  phos.,  Nat.  phos. 

Urinary  Symptoms. 

Bladder,  catarrh  of,  Kali  mur.,  Nat.  mur. 
Bleeding  from  urethra,  Kaliplios. 
Bright's  disease,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Burning  after  urinating,  Nat.  mur.< 
Burning  during  urinating,  Nat.  sulph. 
Diabetes,  Nat.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Gravel,  Calc.  phos.,  Nat.  sulph. 
Incontinence,  Calc.  phos. 

"  while  coughing,  Nat.  mur, 

Increased  urine,  Calc.  phos. 
Kidneys,  inflamed,  Kali  mur. 
Retention  of  urine,  Magnes  phos. 


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Stone  in  bladder,  Calc.  phos. 

Suppression,  Ferr.  phos. 

Urine,  brick-dust  sediment,  Nat.  sulpli. 

"       copious,  Calc.  phos. 

11       dark  color,  Kali  mur.,  Nat.  sulph. 

"       pungent,  Calc.fluor. 

"       gravel,  Calc.  phos.,  Silica. 

"       with  bile,  Nat.  sulph. 

"       mucus,  Silica. 

"       sand,  Nat.  sulph. 

"       yellow,  Kali  phos. 
Wetting  the  bed,  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

Female  Symptoms. 

Backache  with  menses,  Calc.  phos. 
Bearing- down  pains,  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.fluor. 
Burning  in  uterus,  Nat.  mur. 
Displacements,  Calc.fluor. 
Dragging  sensation,  Calc.  fluor. 
Dysmenorrhcea,  Magms.plios. 

"  as  a  preventive,  Cole.  phos. 

"  membranous,  Magnes.  phos. 

^Hysterical  symptoms,  Kali  phos. 
Icy  coldness  at  menses,  Silica. 
Itching,  external,  Nat.  mur. 
Leucorrhcea,  acid,  Nat.  phos. 

"  acrid,  Silica. 

"          mucous,  Calc.  phos* 

"          creamy,  Nat.  phos. 

"  greenish,  Kali  sulph. 

11  irritating,  -Nctf.  mur. 

"  itching,  Silica. 

"  milky,  Kali  mur. 

"          profuse,  Silica. 

11          slimy,  Kali  sulph. 


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Leucorrhcea,  smarting,  Nat.  mur. 

"          thick,  Kali  mur. 

"          watery,  Nat.  mur. 

"          yellow,  Kali  sulph. 
Menses,  acrid,  Nat.  phos. 

"  with  nose  bleed,  Nat.  sulph. 

11  with  pain,  Magnes.  phos. 

'*  with  sadness,  Nat.  mur. 

"  black,  Kali  mur. 

"  bright  red,  Ferr.  phos. 

1 '  clotted,  Kali  mur. 

"  copious,  Nat.  mur. 

"  corrosive,  Nat.  sulph. 

"  delayed,  Nat.  mur. 

"  every  two  weeks,  Calc.  phos. 

"  every  three  weeks,  Ferr.  phos. 

"  excessive,  Kali  mur. t  Calc.  phos. 

"  irregular,  Kali  phos. 

"  pale,  Nat.  phos. 

"  premature,  Kali  phos. 

"  stringy,  Magnes.  phos. 

"  strong  odor,  Kali  phos. 

"  suppressed,  Calc.  phos.,  Nat.  mur. 

"  frequent,  Kali  mur. 

"  long-lasting,  Calc.  sulph. 

"  profuse,  Nat.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. 

"  scanty,  Kali  phos.,  Nat.  mur. 

"  with  coldness,  Silica. 

' '  with  constipation,  Nat.  sulph. 

"  with  weakness,  Calc.  sulph. 

"  with  headache,  Kali  sulph. 

"  with  melancholy,  JVaJ.  mter. 

"  with  morning  diarrhoea,  Nat.  sulph. 

"  with  rheumatic  pains,  Calc.  phos. 

11  with  excitement,  Nat.ph os. 

**  with  twitchings,  Calc.  sulph. 


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Ovarian  neuralgia,  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

Prolapse,  Calc.fluor. 

Sensitive  parts,  Silica. 

Sterility,  Silica,  Nat.  phos. 

Ulcerations,  Kali  mur.,  Silica. 

Uterine  displacements,  Nat.  phos. 

After-pains,  Kaliphos.,  Mag. phos. 
Burning  in  breasts,  Gale.  phos. 
Knots  in  breasts,  Calc.fluor. 
Enlarged  breasts,  Gale.  phos. 
Morning  sickness,  Ferr.  phos. 
Nipples  crack,  Silica. 

Respiratory  Organs. 

Asthma,  Kali  sulph.,  Nat.  sulph. 
Breathing  oppressed,  Ferr.  phos. 
Bronchitis,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
chronic,  Nat.  mur. 
yellow  expectoration,  Kali  sulph. 
Burning  in  chest,  Ferr.  phos. 
Chest,  construction,  Magnes.  phos. 
"       rattling  of  mucus,  Kali  sulph. 
"       soreness,  Nat.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 
Congestion  of  lungs,  Ferr.  phos. 
Cough,  acute,  Ferr.  phos. 

in  the  evening,  Kali  sulph. 
barking,  Kali  mur. 
chronic,  Calc.  phos.,  Silica. 
convulsive,  Magnes.  phos. 
croupy,  Kali  mur. 
"         dry,  Ferr.  phos. 
"         .hacking,  Calc.fluor. 
"         hard,  Ferr.  phos. 
"         1  oose  rattling,  Kali  sulph. 


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Cough,  loud  and  noisy,  Kali  mur. 
nervous,  Magms.  phos. 
ou  lying  down,  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.fluor. 
"         short,  Ferr.  phos. 

spasmodic,  Magnes.  phos. 
suffocative,  Calc.  phos. 
"          tickling,  Ferr.  phos. 

whooping,  Magms.  phos. 
Croup,  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  suiph. 
Croupy  hoarseness,  Kali  suiph. 
Expectoration,  clear,  Nat.  mur. 
copious,  Silica. 
'  frothy,  Nat.  mur. 

greenish,  Nat.  suiph. 
f  loose,  Kali  suiph. 

lumpy,  Calc.  fluor. 
'  mucous,  Calc.  phos. 

f  offensive,  Silica. 

4  profuse,  Kali  suiph. 

ropy,  Nat.  suiph. 
1  salty,  Kali  phos. 

slimy,  Kali  suiph. 
1  thick,  Nat.  suiph. >  Silica. 

'  watery,  Nat.  mur. 

'  yellowish,  Calc.  fluor.,  Kali  phos. 

Hay  fever,  Kali,  phos.,  Nat.  mur. 
Hectic  fever,  Calc.  phos.,  Silica. 
Heat  in  chest,  Ferr.  phos. 
Hoarseness,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Larynx,  painful,  Ferr.  phos. 
Night  sweats,  Silica,  Calc.  phos, 
Pain  in  chest,  Nat.  phos. 

Pleurisy,      >    Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.;  later  Kali  suiph. 
Pneumonia,)  Calc.  suiph. 


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Heart. 

Aneurism,  Calc.fluor. 

Angina  pectoris,  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

Blood  vessels  enlarged,  Calc.fluor. 

Chronic  heart  disease,  Silica. 

Circulation  sluggish,  Kali  phos. 

Hypertrophy,  Nat.  mur. 

Palpitation,  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

with  sleeplessness,  Kali  phos. 
Pulse  felt  all  over,  Nat.  mur. 

"     full  around,  Ferr.  phos. 

"     intermittent,  Nat.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

"     irregular,  Kali  phos. 

"     rapid,  Nat.  mur. 

Back  and  Extremities. 

Aching  of  limbs,  Cole.  phos. 

"        between  shoulders,  Kali  phos. 
Ankles  pain,  Silica. 

"        weak,  Nat.  phost 
Arms  heavy,  Silica. 

11     tired,  Nat.  phos. 
Back  cold,  Nat.  mur. 

"     crick  in,  Ferr.  phos. 

*'     pain  in,  Gale,  fluor. 

"     soreness  in,  Nat.  Sulph. 
Backache  worse  evenings,  Kali  sulph. 
"      mornings,  Gale.  phos. 
"        better  lying  on  it,  Nat.  mur. 
Bow-legs,  Calc.  phos. 
Bunions,  Kali  mur. 
Burning  of  feet,  Calc.  sulph. 
Calves,  cramps,  Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Chilblains,  Kali  mur. 
Coldness  of  limbs,  Calc.  phos. 


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Coccyx  painful,  Silica. 
Cracking  of  joints,  Oak.  fiuor. 
Crick  in  back,  Ferr.  phos. 

"     "  neck,  Nat,  phos. 
Feet  tender,  Silica. 

"   swollen,  Kali  mur. 
Fidgety  feet,  Kali  phos. 
Finger  joints  enlarge,  Calc.  fluor. 
Ganglion,  Calc.fluor. 
Glanda  swollen,  Kali  mur. 

"      hardened,  Calc.fluor 
Goitre,  Nat.  mur.,  Calc.fluor. 
Gout,  Ferr.  phos.,  Nat.  sulph. 

"       chronic,  Nat.  phos. 

"      rheumatic,  Calc.  phos. 
Hamstrings  sore,  Nat.  phos. 
Hands  fall  asleep,  Calc.  phos. 

"       get  stiff,  Nat.  phos. 

11       hot  in  palms,  Ferr.  phos. 

"       tremble,  Nat.  sulph. 
Hang  nails,  Nai.  mur.,  Silica. 
Hips  painful,  .Kali  phos. 
Housemaid's  knee,  Calc.  phos.,  Silica. 
Inflamed  joints,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur* 
Ingrowing  toe-nails,  Silica. 
Itching  of  limbs,  Kali  phos. 
Knees  painful,  Nat.  phos. 
Limbs  fall  asleep,  Nat.  mur. 
Lumbago,  Calc.fluor. 
Muscular  weakness,  Kali  phos. 
Nails  crippled,  Silica. 

"     pain  at  roots,  Calc.  phos. 
Neck  emaciated,  Nat.  mur. 

"    stiff,  Ferr.  phos. 


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Numbness,  Calc.phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Oedema,  Nat.  mur. 
Oversensitive  spine,  Silica. 
Pain  in  back,  Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

"     "  shin  bones,  Calc.phos. 

"     "shoulders,  Ferr.  phos. 

"   go  to  heart,  Nat.  phos. 

"   through  feet,  Silica. 
Paralytic  lameness,  Kali  phos. 
Rheumatic  fever,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 

11  "      chronic,  Calc.phos.,  Nat.  phos. 

"  "      muscular,  Ferr.  phos. 

Sciatica,  Magnesphos.,  Kali  phos. 
Shifting  pains,  Kali  sulph. 
Shooting  pains,  Calc'.  phos. 
Slowness  to  walk.  Calc.  phos. 
Soles  burn  and  itch,  Calc.  sulph. 
Soreness  between  shoulders,  Silica. 
Stumbles  easily,  Kali  phos. 
Tired  feeling,  Calc.  ftuor. 
Weakness  in  general,  Nat.  mur. 
Wrists  ache,  Nat.  phos. 

Nervous  Symptoms. 

Alcoholism,  Magnes.  phos. 
Ball  sensation,  Kali  phos. 
Chorea,  Magnes.  phos.,  Nat.  mur. 
Contortions,  Magnes.  phos. 
Convulsions,  Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Crawling  sensation,  Calc.  phos. 
Creeping  paralysis,  Kali  phos. 
Debility,  Calc.  phos. 
Depression,  Kali  phos.,  Nat.  mur. 
Epilepsy,  Kali  mur. ,  Silica. 
Exhaustion,  Kali  phos.,  Calc.phos. 


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Fears,  Kaliphos. 
Gait  unsteady,  Nat.  phos. 
Hiccough,  Magnes.  phos. 
Hysteria,  Kali  phos.,  Silica. 
Infantile  paralysis,  Kaliphos. 
Nervousness,  Kali  phos. 
Neuralgia,  congestive,  Ferr.  phos. 

intercostal,  Nat.  phos. 

obstinate,  Silica. 
Night  terrors,  Kali  phos. 
Squinting,  from  worms,  Nat.  phos. 
Trembling,  Nat.  phos.,  Cole.  phos. 
Twitchings,  Magnes.  phos. 
Writer's  cramp,  C ale.  phos. 

Sleep  and  Dreams. 

Awakes  screaming,  Kaliphos. 
Cry  out  in  sleep,  Calc.  phos. 
Dreams  anxious,  Nat.  mur. 

"        lascivious,  l&diphos. 

"        vivid,  Kali  sulph. 
Drowsiness,  Nat.  .sulph. 

"          in  old  people,  Calc.  phos. 
Insomnia,  Nat.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

Febrile  Symptoms. 

Ague,  Nat.  sulph. 

Bilious  fever,  Nat.  phos.,  Nat.  sulph. 

Brain  fever,  Kaliphos, 

Chilliness,  Silica.,  Calc.  phos. 

Chill  in  morning,  Nat.  mur* 

Cold  sweat,  Kali  sulph. 

Feet  cold,  Nat.  plios. 

Gastric  fever,  Kali  sulph. 

Hay  fever,  Silica. 


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Hectic  fever,  Calc.  sulplt. 
Intermittent  fever,  Nat.  mur. 
Scarlet  fever,  Ferr.  phos. 
Typhoid  fever,  Kali  phos. 
Yellow  fever,  Nat.  sulph. 
Night  sweats,  Calc.  phos.,  Silica. 
Perspiration  about  head,  Silica. 

cold,  Kali  sulph. 
"          profuse,  Kali  phos* 

sour,  Nat.  phos. 
Skin. 

Abscess,  Silica,  Calc.  sulph. 
Acne,  Kali  mur. 
Barber  s  itch,  Magnes.  phos.. 
Boils,  Calc.  sulph. 
Bunions,   Kali  mur. 
Chaps,  Calc.  Huor. 
Chilblains,  Kali  phos.,  Silica. 
Chronic  skin  disease,  Nat.  mur. 
Coppery  spots,  Silica. 
Cracks  on  skin,  Calc.  fluor. 

' '        between  toes,  Nat.  mur. 
Dandruff,  Kali  sulph. 
Eczema,  Nat.  mur.,  Kali  sulph. 
Erysipelas,  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Fissures,  Calc.  Huor. 
Freckles,  Calc.  phos. 
Hair  falls  out,  Nat.  mur.,  Silica. 
Hives,  Nat.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Insect  bites,  Nat.  mur. 
Irritating  secretions,  Kali  phos. 
Itching,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Ivy  poison,  Kali  sulph. 
Jaundiced  skin,  Nat.  sulph. 


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Lupus,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Measles,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Nodes,  Silica,  Calc.fluor. 
Pimples,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph. 
Shingles,  Nat.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 
Small  pox,  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  sulph. 
Wrinkled  skin,  Kali  phos. 

Tissues. 

Anaemia,  Calc.  phos.,  Nat.  mur. 

**        of  infants,  Silica. 
Atrophy,  Calc.  phos. 
Boils,  Silica,  Calc.  sulph. 
Bone  diseases,  Calc.  phos.,  Silica. 
Bruises,   Kali  mur. 
Burns,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph. 
Cancer,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Carbuncles,  Silica,  Calc.  sulph. 
Debility,  Kali  phos. 
Dropsy,  Kali  mur.,  Nat.  sulph. 
Emaciation,  Nat.  mur.,  Calc.  phos. 
Felons,  Calc.  sulph. 
Glands,  Kali  mur.,  Silica. 
Growths,  Calc.jluor. 
Hasmorrhages,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Inflammations,  Ferr.  phos. 

second  stage,  Kali  mur+ 
Injuries,  Ferr.  phos. 
Marasmus,  Gale.  phos. 
Offensive  discharges,  Kali  phos, 
Polypi,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 
Proud  flesh,  Silica. 
Scalds,  Kali  mur. 

Secretions,  albuminous,  Calc.  phos. 
greenish,  Kali  sulph. 


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Secretions,  honey-colored,  Nat.  phos. 
"  offensive,  Kali  phos. 

watery,  Nat.  inur. 
Sprains,  Ferr.  phos. 
Suppuration,  Silica,  Calc.  sulph. 
Vaccination,  after,   Kali  mur.,  Silica. 
Varicose  veins,  Calc.fluor. 
Wasting  diseases,  Kali  phos. 


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